Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.

The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.

More is learned in a public than in a private school, from emulation. There is the collision of mind with mind, or the radiation of many minds pointing to one center.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.