Thinking leads man to knowledge. He may see and hear, and read and learn, as much as he please; he will never know any of it, except that which he has thought over, that which by thinking he has made the property of his mind. Is it then saying too much if I say, that man by thinking only becomes truly man? Take away thought from man's life, and what remains?

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy.

So when a great man dies For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.

Whoever is unwilling to help himself can be helped by no one.

Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity.

Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own.

There is no happiness for him who oppresses and persecutes; no, there can be no repose for him. For the sighs of the unfortunate cry for vengeance to heaven.