I should consider it a greater success to interest one wise and earnest soul, than a million unwise and frivolous.

Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life

The wonderful purity of nature at this season is a most pleasing fact.... In the bare fields and tinkling woods, see what virtue survives. In the coldest and bleakest places, the warmest charities still maintain a foothold.

Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by somewhat better, and which is as free and original as if they had not been.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.