The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.

If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.

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

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.