It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.