“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.”

“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.”

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ”

“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows.”

“No man is more cheated than the selfish man.”

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”