The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

God notices every one of us; there is not a sparrow or a worm that continues to live apart from His decrees.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly.

I hope that I live for a thousand years, and have a thousand daughters so that there will always be a woman who can curse your name.

Love, smoke and a cough cannot long be hid!

Logic and ethics are fundamentally the same, they are no more than duty to oneself

Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.