I do not believe there are eight hundred human beings on the globe.

You never gain something but that you lose something.

You must get your living by loving. But as it is said of the merchants that ninety-seven in a hundred fail, so the life of men generally, tried by this standard, is a failure, and bankruptcy may be surely prophesied.

Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost.

The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen.

Renew thyself completely each day.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.