The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous.

Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the duty of conforming to it, progress must involve the repudiation of an established duty at every step.