Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature — Edwin Hubbell Chapin