Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.

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

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.

Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.