"People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues."

"A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease."

"My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling."

"A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly."

"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death."

"Wisdom principle 15 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 50."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men."