Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

Reason is one thing and faith is another and reason can as little be made a substitute for faith, as faith can be made a substitute for reason.

A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.

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

Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.

Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.