The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.

Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.

Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot.

I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.

A man in whom religion is an inspiration, who has surrendered his being to its power, who drinks it, breathes it, bathes in it, cannot speak otherwise than religiously.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.