If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do.
Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
Try novelties for salesman’s bait, for novelty wins everyone.
Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?
People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end.
Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.
Man must strive, and striving he must err.
A man’s foibles are what makes him lovable.
People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.
To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.
It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.
The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.
One must be something to be able to do something.
Could we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things.
The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.
You are, when all is done-just what you are.
Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.
Time flies, and what is past is done.
Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.
Daily life is more instructive than the most effective book.