The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in itsvalue.

The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault.

The wise man's ... friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people evoked as it is by many qualities.

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Broad acres are a patent of nobility and no man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface it is 4000 miles deep and that is a very handsome property.

It is only fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.

It is only fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.