Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers.

Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.

Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.