Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.

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.

Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it.

God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.

Geology gives us a key to the patience of God.