“A man's riches are based on what he can do without.”

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”

“But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.”

“It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.”

“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.”

“Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made”

“No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.”