That which especially distinguishes a high order of man from a low order of man, that which constitutes human goodness, human nobleness, is surely not the degree of enlightenment with which men pursue their own advantage; but it is self-forgetfulness; it is self-sacrifice; it is the disregard of personal pleasure, personal indulgence, personal advantage, remote or present, because some other line of conduct is more right.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

Our human laws are but the copies, more or less imperfect, of the eternal laws, so far as we can read them.