A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden, swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up in the air.

Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument.

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.

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