A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

Every beginning is cheerful.

Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.

If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

Once more I am a wanderer, a pilgrim, through the world. But what else are you?

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam.