The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.

Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.

Brethren, we are all sailing home; and by and by, when we are not thinking of it, some shadowy thing (men call it death), at midnight, will pass by, and will call us by name, and will say, "I have a message for you from home; God wants you; heaven waits for you.

The world is God's workshop for making men in.

If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.