Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

A forest of all manner of trees is poor, if not disagreeable, in effect; a mass of one species of tree is sublime.

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

I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life, and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.

A man is known to his dog by the smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his friend by the smile; each of these know him, but how little or how much depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and indeed characteristic of the man is known only to God.

It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little.