John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.

Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.