God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine hand.

No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

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

I would much rather fight pride than vanity, because pride has a stand-up way of fighting. You know where it is. It throws its black shadow on you, and you are not at a loss where to strike. But vanity is that delusive, that insectiferous, that multiplied feeling, and men that fight vanities are like men that fight midges and butterflies. It is easier to chase them than to hit them.

Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.

Reading is a dissuasion from immorality. Reading stands in the place of company.

If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road