The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.