A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom.

They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.

The inhabitants of the Cape generally do not complain of their "soil," but will tell you that it is good enough for them to dry their fish on.

I had a classmate who fitted for college by the lamps of a lighthouse, which was more light, we think, than the University afforded.

The poet will write for his peers alone. He will remember only that he saw truth and beauty from his position, and expect the time when a vision as broad shall overlook the same field as freely.