Henry S. Haskins

Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.

Treat the other man's faith gently: it is all he has to believe with.

Academic questions are interlopers in a world where so few of the real ones have been answered.

Many a superior brain is blockaded by inferior thoughts.

Be a sincere effort never so misguided, to laugh at it is a breach of faith with decency.

Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust.

Contentment has been worn as a crown by no end of sleepy heads.