I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God.

All human affairs follow nature's great analogue, the growth of vegetation. There are three periods of growth in every plant. The first, and slowest, is the invisible growth by the root; the second and much accelerated is the visible growth by the stem; but when root and stem have gathered their forces, there comes the third period, in which the plant quickly flashes into blossom and rushes into fruit.

Mirth is God's medicine.

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