"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
- Henry Ward Beecher
"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."
"Now comes the mystery! (last words)"
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."
"Men's best successes come after their disappointments."
"A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. "
"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope."
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."