The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

a towering intellect, grand in its achievements, and glorious in its possibilities, may, with the moral and spiritual faculties held in abeyance, be one of the most dangerous and mischievous forces in the world.

If we have had no past, it is well for us to look hopefully to the future - for the shadows bear the promise of a brighter coming day.

A government which can protect and defend its citizens from wrong and outrage and does not is vicious. A government which would do it and cannot is weak; and where human life is insecure through either weakness or viciousness in the administration of law, there must be a lack of justice and where this is wanting, nothing can make up the deficiency.

We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.