Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing reveals a man's character more fully than the spirit in which he bears his limitations.

A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been.

He strains his conversation through a cigar.