The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.

There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere accident.

A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt not there runs a shudder through the nether empire; and new emissaries are trained with new tactics, to, if possible, entrap and hoodwink and handcuff him.

The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.

My books are friends that never fail me.