The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

Successful people live well, laugh often, and love much. They've filled a niche and accomplished tasks so as to leave the world better than they found it, while looking for the best in others, and giving the best they have.

Character is that which can do without success.

We all need someone who can help us do what we already can.

Sorrow makes us all children again.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them. They lived in their writings, and sotheir house and street life was trivial and commonplace. If you would know their tastes and complexions, the most admiring of their readers most resembles them.

When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.