Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

What is dignity without honesty?