When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. death
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. experience
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. death
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. greatness
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. family, love & marriage
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. knowledge
Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it. happiness
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. travel
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. peace
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms. pets
Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. jealousy
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. death & greatness
We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. God
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. wisdom
For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love. best
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. experience
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. greatness
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. failure & being good
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. greatness
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. anger, jealousy & love
The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. best & success
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. best, history & men
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. greatness
There are many victories worse than a defeat. fear
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. power
I desire no future that will break the ties with the past. the future
I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. God, men & women
Wear a smile and have friends wear a scowl and have wrinkles. smile
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. truth
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. love
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. gardening
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. love
No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. time
Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. death & music
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. greatness
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. nature
In every parting there is an image of death. death
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. best, failure & fear
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. marriage & sympathy
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. history & women
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. greatness
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. men & work
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. greatness
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. wisdom
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. life & Mother's Day
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. best & failure
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. nature
All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. fatherhood
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. hope
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. strength
Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. truth
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. God