Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then will the faculties rise fair and full within.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Performing on a stool, we've got a sight to make you drool, seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool.

A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide.

Conversation is an evanescent relation,--no more.