Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.

Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.

You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it.

There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.

Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."

Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heav'n securely.