Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.

There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.