Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

Now what is it moves our very hearts, and sickens us so much at cruelty shown to poor brutes? I suppose this first, that they have done no harm; next, that they have no power whatever of resistance; it is the cowardice and tyranny of which they are the victims which makes their sufferings so especially touching.

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.

The world is content with setting right the surface of things.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.