Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

Mirth is God's medicine.

No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.