“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost
“Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose
“Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself
“The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have
“The value of life ist not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little
“Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so
“Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid