"No man ever had a more agreeable dwelling place than this. It was a proper palace, a fit abode for a king."

"Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one."

"Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind."

"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."

"However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in par…"