Love is the river of life in this world. Think not that ye know it who stand at the little tinkling rill, the first small fountain. Not until you have gone through the rocky gorges, and not lost the stream; not until you nave gone through the meadow, and the stream has widened and deepened until fleets could ride on its bosom; not until beyond the meadow you have come to the unfathomable ocean, and poured your treasures into its depths--not until then can you know what love is.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.