Since you are my readers, and I have not been much of a traveler, I will not talk about people a thousand miles off, but come as near home as I can. As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism.

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

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.

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