“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.”
“It is easy to be grateful for a bonus; it is character to be grateful for a salary.”
“Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“...for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.”
“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”