If we ever walk in streets paved with gold, we will have placed it there ourselves.

Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I ask any lawyer, judge, or magistrate for them. I live above the law, and so do this people.

If you love the truth, you can remember it.

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?