Science is busy with the hither-end of things, not the thither-end.
A man's longest purposes will be his best purposes. It is true, life is short and uncertain; but it is better to live on the short arc of a large circle than to describe the whole circumference of a small circle.
Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.
Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed.
Faith is the heroism of the intellect.
Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.