A good thought is indeed a great boon, for which God is to be first thanked; next he who is the first to utter it, and then, in a lesser, but still in a considerable degree, the friend who is the first to quote it to us. Whoever adopts and circulates a just thought, participates in the merit that originated it.

The heart contracts as the pocket expands.

It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.

Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison.

The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.

Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.