No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.

The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.

Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying.

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

One should go to sleep as homesick passengers do, saying, "Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy.