It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

We should strive to go on in fortune and misfortune like a clock during a thunderstorm.

We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.