The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Gently guide the tender vine else it become wild, tangled and impossible.

Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think

Time is not ours and we would not own it. It does not wound us to say so.from the prose poem INNOCENCE

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance

One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble somewhere.

That's okay. You an be selfish with me all you want. I'm yours.

Both worry and stress reek of arrogance.

Discipline yourself - so others don't have to.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business.