I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

What place is so rugged and so homely that there is no beauty; if you only have a sensibility to beauty?

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.

Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.