There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased; till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive.

The greatest of all infidelities is the fear that the truth will be bad.

Reading is seeing by proxy.

Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding.

The home is the most important factor in civilization, and that civilization is to be measured at different stages largely by the development in the home.

In societies of low civilization, there is no money.

To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth