What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

For the Infinite has sowed his name in the heavens in burning stars, but on the earth He has sowed his name in tender flowers.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.