A book is a garden; A book is an orchard; A book is a storehouse; A book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counselor; it is a multitude of counselors.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

Men are like trees: each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him.