Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.
The present is an edifice which God cannot rebuild.
Discontent is want of self-discipline it is infirmity of will.
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
Accept the place the divine providence has found for you.
There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics for then we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.
The power which resides in man is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do nor does he until he has tried.
He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king rich man fairy or demon who possesses such power as that.
Nature is too thin a screen the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.
Shallow men believe in luck wise and strong men in cause and effect.
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.
If I cannot brag of knowing something then I brag of not knowing it at any rate brag.
Right Now Is the Time to Be Kind You cannot do a kindness too soon for you never know how soon it will be too late.
To believe your own thought to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius.
We take care of our health we lay up money we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all-friends.
A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.
As a man thinketh so is he and as a man chooseth so is he.