Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.
The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person ... who is worthy of emulation.
Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Man proposes; God disposes.
To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
The fact that a reactionary can sometimes be right is a little less recognized that the fact that a liberal can be. . . .
To spur a willing horse.
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.
The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.
The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness; such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene.
Broad acres are a patent of nobility; and no man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is 4000 miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.
It's very reassuring and spiritual to be connected with something larger than yourself and the inside of your own head.
It is in recognizing the actual presence of God that we find prayer no longer a chore, but a supreme delight.
The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people.
Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.