“There's nothing that keeps its youth, so far as I know, but a tree and truth.”

“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”

“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”

“Old Time, in whose banks we deposit our notesIs a miser who always wants guineas for groats;He keeps all his customers still in arrearsBy lending them minutes and charging them years.”

“Yet in opinions look not always back,--Your wake is nothing, mind the coming track;Leave what you've done for what you have to do;Don't be "consistent," but be simply true.”

“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving—we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”

“Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good”