’Tis better to live rich than to die rich.
—Dr. Johnson.
It seems to me there is no maxim for a noble life like this: Count always your highest moments your truest moments. Believe that in the time when you were the greatest and most spiritual man, then you were your truest self.
—Phillips Brooks.
Fine society is the graceful, genial, sympathetic intercourse of fine souls.
—Lilian Whiting.
The stream of content must flow from ourselves, taking its source from a deliberate disposition to learn what is good, and a determined resolution to seek for and enjoy it, however small the portion may be.
—Zimmermann.
When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.
—Josiah Quincy.