“We never live, but we hope to live; and as we are always arranging to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.”

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.