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

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.

Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people.

If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state in which he ought to be changed into a mummy.

Any law that takes hold of a mans daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.