Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.

Does any one suppose that private prayer is necessarily candid--necessarily goes to the roots of action! Private prayer is inaudible speech, and speech is representative: who can represent himself just as he is, even in his own reflections?

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right.

I have no courage to write much unless I am written to. I soon begin to think that there are plenty of other correspondents more interesting - so if you all want to hear from me you know the conditions.