The domestic man, who loves no music so well as his kitchen clock, and the airs which the logs sing to him as they burn on the hearth, has solaces which others never dream of.

I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

History - a biography of a few stout and earnest persons

Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.