People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.