Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men.

When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?

Deeds survive the doers.

We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of life's existence.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Ideality is the avant-courier of the mind.