Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being? There are men, who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations withthem, and lead the activity of the human race. And if there be such a tie, that, wherever the mind of man goes, nature will accompany him, perhaps there are men whose magnetisms are of that force to draw material and elemental powers, and, where they appear, immense instrumentalities organize around them.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

General ideas are essences. They are our gods: they round and ennoble the most partial and sordid way of living.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.

The public values the invention more than the inventor does. The inventor knows there is much more and better where this came from.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful... and ...give thanks continuously.