There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself especially how you choose to think about your situation.

The regular course of studies, the years of academical and professional education, have not yielded me better facts than some idle books under the bench at the Latin School.

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.

It has been the office of art to educate the perception of beauty. We are immersed in beauty but our eyes have no clear vision.