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

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled, the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes estates as fast as the sun breeds clouds.

Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it.

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.

Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.