How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it? Is there any enjoyment in it, if his opinion is that he is aggrieved? If you are cheated out of a single dollar by your neighbor, you do not rest satisfied with knowing that you are cheated, or with saying that you are cheated, or even with petitioning him to pay you your due; but you take effectual steps at once to obtain the full amount, and see that you are never cheated again.

The value of any experience is measured, of course, not by the amount of money, but the amount of development we get out of it.

My Friend is that one whom I can associate with my choicest thought.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.

I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.