» The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
» Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
» The surest sign of age is loneliness.
» To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
» While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
» That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
» The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.