“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”

“Charity begins at home, but should not end there ”

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body ”

“How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.”

“When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed,and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name”

“It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar”