A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.

Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them.

A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.

The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

The faculties of our souls differ as widely as the features of our faces and the forms of our frames.

Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer.

I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.