I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. |
There is an optical illusion about every person we meet. |
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. |
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. |
Every wall is a door. |
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. |
It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports. |
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. |
Men are what their mothers made them. |
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. |
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. |
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. |
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural. |
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. |
Always do what you are afraid to do. |
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know. |
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. |
All mankind love a lover. |
To be great is to be misunderstood. |
Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. |