The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educating man.

What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.

Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.

I ain't one of those who believe that a half knowledge of a subject is useless, but it has been my experience that when a fellow has that half knowledge he finds it's the other half which would really come in handy.

When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking.

As the Christian's sorrows multiply, his patience grows, until, with sweet, unruffled quiet, he can confront the ills of life, and, though inwardly wincing, can calmly pursue his way to the restful grave, while his old, harsh voice is softly cadenced into sweetest melody, like the faint notes of an angel's whispered song. As patience deepens, charity and sympathy increase.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.