Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
