But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of universal knowledge.

Avoid witticisms at the expense of others.

Let us labor for that larger comprehension of truth, and that more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.

In trying to teach children a great deal in a short time, they are treated not as though the race they were to run was for life, but simply a three-mile heat.

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.