Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to draw a justly limited inference from observed facts.

In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.

One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long.

Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life.

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.