A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.

Welcome, Disappointment! Thy hand is cold and hard, but it is the hand of a friend. Thy voice is stern and harsh, but it is the voice of a friend. Oh, there is something sublime in calm endurance, something sublime in the resolute, fixed purpose of suffering without complaining, which makes disappointment oftentimes better than success!

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.

He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.