It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls.

Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied memories, noble histories, faithful sayings, treasure houses of precious and restful thoughts, which care cannot disturb, nor pain make gloomy, nor poverty take away from us.

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them.

The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

God intends no man to live in this world without working, but it seems to me no less evident that He intends every man to be happy in his work.