Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.
A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.
We are not always even what we are most.
New happiness too must be learned to bear.
The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.
The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.
Unattainable wishes are often “pious.” This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.
Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.
It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.
There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.
One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.
Imaginary evils are incurable.
Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.
Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.
Accident is veiled necessity.