Seeds, there are seeds enough which need only be stirred in with the soil where they lie, by an inspired voice or pen, to bear fruit of a divine flavor.

Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

The biggest happiness is when at the end of the year you feel better than at the beginning

In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.

I mean that they (students) should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end. How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living? Methinks this would exercise their minds as much as mathematics.

People seldom hit what they do not aim at.

The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.