We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

The essence of love is kindness.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

Truth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity.

As if a man's soul were not too small to begin with, they have dwarfed an narrowed theirs by a life of all work and no play; until here they are at forty, with a listless attention, a mind vacant of all material of amusement, and not one thought to rub against another, while they wait for the train.