The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air.

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.

Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them.