"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."
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
"We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves."
"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."