Gold will be slave or master.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Traveling is a fool’s paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.
And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone.
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice…
Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.
No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of Heaven and Hell.
It is a severe Rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many Allowances, and we make so few to our Neighbor: As if Charity had nothing to do with Religion; Or Love with Faith, that ought to work by it.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected
She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.
