Half a loaf is better than no bread.

What is true of the individual will be true of the whole family; what is true of the family will be true of the community, and of the state.

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

it is always easier to see the beginning from the end, than the end from the beginning.

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.

little every-day courtesies are called the small change of life; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no small change, and must always deal with twenty-dollar bills; while the small change mounts up to the great sum in a lifetime.

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.