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.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow old in body, but we need never grow old in mind and spirit. No one is as old as to think he or she cannot live one more year.

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

Justice renders to every one his due.

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.