We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.

It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted or thrown away.

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.