Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Be not solitary, be not idle

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.