The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Books are the curse of the human race.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.