My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!

Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.

I have taken to living by my wits.

I love and am loved by a better man than he.

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.

It’s every man’s business to see justice done.