We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.

Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.

I trust that some may be as near and dear to Buddha, or Christ, or Swedenborg, who are without the pale of their churches.

There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand. I love a broad margin to my life.