No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Be sure you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

The greatest thing a human being ever does is to see something and tell what he sees in a plain way.

A life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

There is in every animal's eye a dim image and gleam of humanity, a flash of strange light through which their life looks out and up to our great mystery of command over them, and claims the fellowship of the creature if not of the soul.

The only way to understand the difficult parts of the Bible is first to read and obey the easy ones.

When we build, let us think we build forever.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.