Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.