There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

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

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

Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.

Readers soon tire of prefaces, and skip them, and so the labor of writing them is lost.

It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.