Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

Americans have two ardent passions; the love of liberty, and love of distinction.

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

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

Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.

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