He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.

Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.

It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.