Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years.

The grossest form of this injury of the body to ornament it, is in tattooing. Next, the piercing the ear all around its rim, piercing the nose and the lips to introduce rings or bars of jewelry.

Reaching toward perfection in any one thing should lift us higher in all things; it should beget a habit of application and thoroughness.

the less you respect, the less respectable you are; the less you honor, the less in you is to be honored. There are those 'whom not to know argues one's self unknown,' so if you have no reverence in a world where there is so much that is noble and venerable, then there will be something terrible lacking in your own character.

We do not take much warning of our own mortality in seeing others die, nor of our own weakness in seeing others break down: we think we feel the springs of life stronger in us.

Plenty of sunshine is the very wine of life.

our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession.