We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.