There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for... - Henry Ward Beecher

"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."

"Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown."

"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

"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."