A day is a miniature eternity.

Necessity does everything well. In our condition of universal dependence, it seems heroic to let the petitioner be the judge of his necessity, and to give all that is asked, though at great inconvenience.

Good as is discourse, silence is better, and shames it. The length of the discourse indicates the distance of thought betwixt the speaker and the hearer. If they were at a perfect understanding in any part, no words would be necessary thereon. If at one in all parts, no words would be suffered.

The universal does not attract us until housed in an individual.

I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity.

If you would lift me up, you've got to be on higher ground.

You cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself