We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite read more

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. - Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on read more

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest.

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest.

Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.

Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.

Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.

Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.