Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Wherever men have lived there is a story to be told, and it depends chiefly on the story-teller or historian whether that is interesting or not.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.

At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.