We are wiser than we know. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Always do what you are afraid to do."

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart."

"Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not."

"A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking."

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship."