The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion.

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most. The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast, and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam.

The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide. Him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.

Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching.