Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.