It is not enough to be ready to go where duty calls. A man should stand around where he can hear the call!

Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular-letter to the friends of him who writes it.

You must suffer me to go my own dark way.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

Jealousy is the most radical primeval and naked form of admiration in war paint, so to speak.

Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.