In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.

The greatest reward is not what we receive for our labor, but what we become by it.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind.

Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.

The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.