Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Sanity is a cozy lie.