He that cannot paint must grind the colors.

Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the commencement of the work of life.

The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.

There are no twin souls in God's universe.

Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.

Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify.