"Finish each day and be done with it. You did all you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with all your old nonsense."
"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
"Accept your genius and say what you think."
"Make yourself necessary to someone."
"The greatest gift is a portion of thyself."
"The moment we indulge in our affections, the earth is metamorphosed; there is no winter and no night; all tradgedies, all enuis, vanish... all duties even."
"Insist on yourself; never imitate."
"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."
"Skill to do comes of doing."
"For everything you have missed you have gained something else."
"People only see what they are prepared to see."