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

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

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?

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

The greatest victory a man can win is victory over himself.

You can drive the devil out of your garden but you will find him again in the garden of your son.

I learned that no man in God's wide earth is either willing or able to help any other man.