Giving is the business of the rich.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.

To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

Happy is it, indeed, for me that my heart is capable of feeling the same simple and innocent pleasure as the peasant whose table is covered with food of his own rearing, and who not only enjoys his meal, but remembers with delight the happy days and sunny mornings when he planted it, the soft evenings when he watered it, and the pleasure he experienced in watching its daily growth.

Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.