There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.

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.

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.