I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life
No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.
We never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.
There are as many strata at different levels of life as there are leaves in a book. When on the higher levels we can remember the lower levels, but when on the lower we cannot remember the higher.
The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.