Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

Studies are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; they are companions by night, and in travel, and in the country.