As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. In due time, when we have nothing better to set people to work at, it may be right to let them make lace and cut jewels; but as long as there are any who have no blankets for their beds, and no rags for their bodies, so long it is blanket-making and tailoring we must set people to work at, not lace.

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others.

The question is not what man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.

Don't just look at buildings ... watch them.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.