What! nothing grand and noble to be admired, obeyed, copied? Ah, the lack is not without you, but within you!

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.

true courtesy ... is real kindness kindly expressed.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

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.

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.

as all clocks need winding, so all human brains and bodies need to be wound up by sleeping.