Cherish what is dearest while you have it near you, and wait not till it is far away. Blind and deaf that we are; oh, think, if thou yet love anybody living, wait not till death sweep down the paltry little dust clouds and dissonances of the moment, and all be made at last so mournfully clear and beautiful, when it is too late.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it

The Highest Being reveals himself in man.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

In private life I never knew anyone interfere with other people's disputes but he heartily repented of it.

Intellect is the soul of man, the only immortal part of him.