The longest wave is quickly lost in the sea.

We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.

Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.

Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy?

Nothing will supply the want of sunshine to peaches, and, to make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom. Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. The joy of the spirit indicates its strength. All healthy, things are sweet-tempered. Genius works in sport, and goodness smiles to the last.

In our definitions, we grope after the spiritual by describing it as invisible. The true meaning of spiritual is real; that law which executes itself, which works without means, and which cannot be conceived as not existing.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.