Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different minds, and their common influence upon all minds.... It is therefore high time our most valuable aphorisms and paragraphs were put in order for frequent perusal, and for handy reference, as the circumstances of life call up subjects.

Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.

If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.