No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.

Public feeling now is apt to side with the persecuted, and our modern martyr is full as likely to be smothered with roses as with coals.

To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared.

Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.

Into what boundless life, does education admit us. Every truth gained through it expands a moment of time into illimitable being--positively enlarges our existence, and endows us with qualities which time cannot weaken or destroy.

In this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power.

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.