To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

Justice, not the majority, should rule.

It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.

To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes.

It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as even the love of truth.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties.