The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.
How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars.
Do what you will, only do something.
Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks along, the flowers stretch out from the hedges, or look up from the ground, and as each year fades away, he looks back on a fresh store of happy memories.