There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself.

Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead.

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

Many men spend their lives in gazing at their own shadows, and so dwindle away into shadows thereof.

It is natural that affluence should be followed by influence.

One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble.

The thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it.