Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

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

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

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.

The Library is the heart of the University.

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