“Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.”

“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.”

“AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days;Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays;Whether we look, or whether we listen,We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;”

“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”

“Not what we give,But what we share,For the giftwithout the giverIs bare.”

“No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”

“At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.”