A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, of course, the only device by which he can deceive people.

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.