Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world.

Happiness is a roadside flower growing on the highways of usefulness; plucked, it shall wither in thy hand; passed by, it is fragrance to thy spirit. Trample the thyme beneath thy feet; be useful, be happy.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.

Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.