There are tides of justice surging to the unknown shores of right; Stars of truth that seek a setting in the dark, untutored night.

Optimism will grow like a flower if the soil be properly prepared.

The test of education, apart from the accomplishments that secure places in an artificial system, should be this: Let the man be thrown naked on an unknown shore, and be forced to win his way amidst a new people. It may then be of little use to play cricket or to mishandle Tschaikowsky on a piano, but good physique, intelligence, and will power make their way infallibly.

Life asks for a preparation as complete as we can afford; the great contest should be fought with spirit but with good temper always; we should never think the game lost while it is still going; and finally we should have the satisfaction of quitting the field able to say: I did my best.

Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose.

The only atheism is the denial of truth.

Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.