“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ”

“The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”

“Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.”

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”

“Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.”

“The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.”