Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.