Be not dismayed; in the future lies the Promised Land.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.