He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A man of courage never wants weapons.
Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there.
Losses are comparative, imagination only makes them of any moment.
Faith is obedience, nothing else.
Death does not frighten me, but dying obscurely and above all uselessly does.
Golf and sex: Two things you can really enjoy without being that good at them.
To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.
Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.
A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences.
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.
The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.
Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa.
The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.
None think the great unhappy, but the great.
A perfect poem is impossible. Once it has been written, the world would end.
O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?