How can they expect a harvest of thought who have not had the seed time of character.

A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.

Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them.

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

We are made happy when reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of present ones. There have been visions of such breadth and brightness that these motes were invisible in their light.

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.

I say, break the law.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.