We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all — friends?

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

I see her not dispirited, not weak, but well, remembering that she has seen dark times before, indeed with a kind of instinct that she sees a little better in a cloudy day.

The reward for a thing well done is to have done it.

Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.