The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.

I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue.

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.

When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road.

The Library is the heart of the University.

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power.

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.