Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life.

Nobody has any right to find life uninteresting or unrewarding who sees within the sphere of his own activity a wrong he can help to remedy, or within himself an evil he can hope to overcome.

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.