“It was sometimes difficult to reconcile a man's talents with his personality.”

“A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.”

“Accepting the loss of a loved one is difficult. But reconciling with the living is just as important.”

“Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man. Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn't done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. There is no standard of personal dignity except independence.”

“It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.”

“Anyhow, with their extraordinary gift for, and experience in, affairs of the heart from the double point of view, both of the man and of the woman it is not difficult to see that these people have a special work to do as reconcilers and interpreters of the two sexes to each other.”