An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.
Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
The weakest among us has a gift however seemingly trivial which is peculiar to him and which worthily used will be a gift also to his race.
There is hardly anything in the world that some man can't make a little worse and sell a little cheaper and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions.
A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort.
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of man in strong health as color to his cheek and wherever there is habitual gloom there must be either bad air unwholesome food improperly severe labor or e...
No changing of place at a hundred miles an hour will make us one whit stronger, or happier, or wiser. There was always more in the world than man could see, walked they ever so slowly; they will see i...
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
No one can do me any good by loving me I have more love than I need or could do any good with but people do me good by making me love them - which isn't easy.