A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

Praise thyself never.

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

We learn not for life but for the debating-room.