Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We have gained the end of the philosopher, and view without shrinking the coffin and the pall.

What's money without happiness?

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.

Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever? - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.