“Too big to cry too young to laugh...”

“We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.”

“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ”

“And this, too, shall pass away.”

“The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him. Allow me to assure you that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation. There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury. Cast about and see if this feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it.”

“It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.”

“And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!”