The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

You cannot institute, without peril of charlatanism.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

Intemperance is the only vulgarity.

Be a gift and a benediction.

Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquillity that religion is powerless to bestow.