A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.
He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.
Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.