Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

The things required for prosperous labor, prosperous manufactures, and prosperous commerce are three. First, liberty; second, liberty; third, liberty.

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Death is not an end. It is a new impulse.