The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

All true work is sacred. In all true work, were it but true hand work, there is something of divineness. Labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven.

A noble book! all men's book!

Contented saturnine human figures, a dozen or so of them, sitting around a large long table...Perfect equality is to be the rule; no rising or notice taken when anybody enters or leaves. Let the entering man take his place and pipe, without obligatory remarks; if he cannot smoke...let him at least affect to do so, and not ruffle the established stream of things.

I know so little about any history. How little do I know even about the history of myself.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

The healthy know not of their health, but only the sick: this is the physician's aphorism, and applicable in a far wider sense than he gives it.