Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.
Commercial concerns have expanded from family business to corporate wealth which is self-perpetuating and which enlightened statesmen and economists now dread as the most potent oligarchy yet produced.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
The simplest way to be happy is to do good.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.