"Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition – of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can."

"There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you."

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it."

"The little things are infinitely the most important."

"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear."