Good men do the most harm.

A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.

[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.