O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am read more

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best read more

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.

By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

It appears I am destined for something; I will live.

It appears I am destined for something; I will live.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.