Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.

Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man.

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.

When the night is darkest, the stars come out.

A friend may be nature's most magnificent creation.

Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.

Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.