No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.

A man is never more satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

The fearful are the failing.