“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

“‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”

“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.”

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”

“Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.”

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”

“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”