Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?

Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.

A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.

The only sin in the world is ignorance.

If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man--not to make any invidious comparison--is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.... Thus his moral ground is taken from under his feet.

The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.

The youth may build or plant or sail, only let him not be hindered from doing that which he tells me he would like to do.