A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.
I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
