Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes its own forms.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

Intemperance is the only vulgarity.

The most useful man in the most useful world, so long as only commodity was served, would remain unsatisfied. But, as fast as he sees beauty, life acquires a very high value.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.

Blame is safer than praise