Much of the character of everyman may be read in his house.

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.

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.

No individual rain drop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.

No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others.

There is no process of amalgamation by which opinions, wrong individually, can become right merely by their multitude.

The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things — not merely industrious, but to love industry — not merely learned, but to love knowledge — not merely pure, but to love purity — not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.