The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

The rights of persons and the rights of property are the objects for the protection of which Government was instituted.

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people and is regulated by their will as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property liberty of conscience and of the press it will be worth defending.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying either at home or abroad they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

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

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books but no one can get anything out of life without God.

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness a covenant between radically different persons male and female and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen a covenant between radically different partners.