Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

What profusion is there in His work! When trees blossom there is not a single breastpin, but a whole bosom full of gems; and of leaves they have so many suits that they can throw them away to the winds all summer long. What unnumbered cathedrals has He reared in the forest shades, vast and grand, full of curious carvings, and haunted evermore by tremulous music; and in the heavens above, how do stars seem to have flown out of His hand faster than sparks out of a mighty forge!

The more sincere we are in our belief, as a rule, the less demonstrative we are.

It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a psssion for nature in the natural way, need no pictures nor gallereies. Spring is their designer, and the whole year their artist.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.