My maternal aunts and uncles, the Barros, were twelve rather eccentric brothers and sisters, though none was hopelessly mad.

They're really good people. Quakers are always to be found where they're most needed.

It is not yours to finish the task, but neither are you free to take no part in it.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.

Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

Keep trying. Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

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

We are fonder of visiting our friends in health than in sickness. We judge less favorably of their characters when any misfortune happens to them; and a lucky hit, either in business or reputation, improves even their personal appearance in our eyes.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.