Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thought rules the world.

Life consists in what a man is thinking all day.

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is,-Let there be truth between us two forevermore.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Every man's task is his life-preserver.

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

Everything intercepts us from ourselves.