Edwin hubbel chapin

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.
Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.