The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have much more to fear from the deficiency of truth than from its abundance.

It has been well observed that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy.

In all countries where nature does the most, man does the least.

Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons which are strong.

Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.