Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

No man rides so high and in such good company as the man that allies himself to a truth.

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.