Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.

Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.

Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.

Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.