There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than in joining the multitudinous retinue, and mingling our shouts with theirs, when victorious error celebrates its triumphs.

We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

Keep one thing in view forever- the truth; and if you do this, though it may seem to lead you away from the opinion of men, it will assuredly conduct you to the throne of God.

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much.

Schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.