In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet read more

One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.

Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.