The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious is not saved by his intention.

It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.

To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.