Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor. Let us understand that the equitable rule is, that no one should take more than his share, let him be ever so rich.

A man in the wrong may more easily be convinced than one half right.

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease; rather nature, when she adds brain, adds difficulty.

What a searching preacher of self-command is the varying phenomenon of health.

The age of puberty is a crisis in the age of man worth studying. It is the passage from the unconscious to the conscious; from thesleep of passions to their rage.

The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.