“The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.”

“Gift better than Himself God doth not know,Gift better than God no man can see;This gift doth here the giver given bestowGift to this gift let each receiver be;God is my gift, Himself He freely gave me,God's gift am I, and none but God shall have me.”

“Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it. ”

“When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.”

“A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.”

“God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.”

“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.”

“Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.”

“The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.”

“Live as long as you may the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.”

“It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn.”