Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.

Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.

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

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.