We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

My greatest joy is in helping others be their best.

They always win who side with God.

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.

We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.

An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.

It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world.

The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.