Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more.

Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

No propagation or multiplication is more rapid that that of evil, unless it be checked; no growth more certain.

Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice.

The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin.

My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.

To be a mere verbal critic is what no man of genius would be if he could; but to be a critic of true taste and feeling is what no man without genius could be if he would.