there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.

it takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.

Money was their God; work their religion.

Nature always levies her tribute.

Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.

The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.

Is he well educated?" "Yes, I think so, as far as he's gone," I answered. "Of course he will go on being educated every day of his life, same as father. He says it is all rot about 'finishing' your education. You never do. You learn more important things each day.