Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow

A woman's best qualities do not reside in her intellect, but in her affections. She gives refreshment by her sympathies, rather than by her knowledge.

Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds.

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.