Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.

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.

It is a mistake to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is also a bond of service. It is the most ancient form of that social ministration which God has ordained for all human beings, and which is symbolized by all the relations of nature.

We move too much in platoons; we march by sections; we do not live in our vital individuality enough; we are slaves to fashion, in mind and in heart, if not to our passions and appetites.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

A patient, humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by the aspiring.

Death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.