No human being can come into this world without increasing or diminishing the sum total of human happiness.
Elihu BurrittAll the beautiful orders of architecture and creations of the pencil, all the conceptions of the beautiful in nature and art and humanity, are inventions extorted, as it were, from the mind to extend and increase the pleasures of sense.
Elihu BurrittAmongst the instrumentalities of love and peace, surely there can be no sweeter, softer, more effective voice than that of gentle, peace-breathing music.
Elihu BurrittOur minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly.
Elihu Burritt