Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close: — then let every one of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others — some goodly strength or knowledge gained for yourselves.

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.

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 art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every child just as writing is.

Many thoughts are so dependent upon the language in which they are clothed that they would lose half their beauty if otherwise expressed.

What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty of the men over whom it is exercised, and in inverse proportion to the number of persons who are as rich as ourselves.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.