He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

Words of love, are works of love.