A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows on them that which nature does not possess, viz: The mind and soul of man.

Fate laughs at probabilities.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.

In these days half our diseases come from neglect of the body in overwork of the brain.

The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.