Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Human work must be done honourably and thoroughly, because we are now Men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or were ever slugs, being practically no matter.

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work?

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.

Without the perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use.