To the thinker, the most trifling external object often suggests ideas, which, like Homer's chain, extend, link after link, from earth to heaven.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

Tears are akin to prayer - Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears.

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.