—Whittier.
When you find a person a little better than his word, a little more liberal than his promise, a little more than borne out in his statements by facts, a little larger in deed than in speech, you recognize a kind of eloquence in that person’s utterance not laid down in Blair or Campbell.
—Holmes.
Young man! let the nobleness of your mind impel you to its improvement. You are too strong to be defeated, save by yourself.
—W. D. Howard.
What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.
—Anna Jameson.
The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech, he takes a low business tone, avoids all brag, promises not at all, performs much. He calls his employment by its lowest names, and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon.
—Emerson.
“In judging others, weigh carefully the method against the motive. If the latter be pure, be patient and charitable, however different from your own the method may be.”