He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.

Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.