The surest poison is time.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

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

Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books.

There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.

What is the city in which we sit here, but an aggregate of incongruous materials, which have obeyed the will of some man?

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.