No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.

To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.