The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.

Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.