"We aim above the mark to hit the mark."

"A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule."

"He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses."

"The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power."

"What you are shouts so loud in my ears I cannot hear what you say."

"Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses."

"Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God."

"Jealousy: that Dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive."

"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."

"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it"

"It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too."

"A good life is a series of joyful meetings and joyful moments."