Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Success in life, in anything, depends upon the number of persons that one can make himself agreeable to.

Freedom is the one purport, wisely aimed at, or unwisely, of all man's struggles, toilings and sufferings, in this earth.

Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

In idleness there is a perpetual despair.