If thou wouldst be happy ... have an indifference for more than what is sufficient.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat

I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.

I tell him about ... Jack and Annabel, smart and ready and I'm wondering where all that smart comes from and I figure some from parents, some from school, and some from a place inside you.

Simplicity of appearance can cause hindrance to success when you are poor. But the same simplicity is admired in a rich and successful person.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

People are going to think I'm crazy.

When you help scholars, you gain a share in their learning.

Walking allows us to be in our bodies and in the world without being made busy by them.