My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. A few weeks ago I accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of have was never large enough to cover.

The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.

An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.