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.

Home is the place where true politeness tells.

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

human honesty has its varieties; so does human ignorance.

simplicity is a thing beautiful in itself, like clear light.

Nothing so breaks the spirit as a load of debt.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.