There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.

Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.

The noblest art is that of making others happy

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.

Whatever you do, do it ardently.

Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.