I find it more credible, since it is anterior information, that one man should know heaven, as the Chinese say, than that so many men should know the world.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done.

It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.

In certain men digestion and sex absorb the vital force, and the stronger these are, the individual is so much weaker. The more ofthese drones perish, the better for the hive.

The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line.