To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others are plain, honest and upright, like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.