There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here.

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.

Children are all foreigners.

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

The only method to possess a buddy is always to be one.

We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.