When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will look upon with praise and thanksgiving in their hearts.

What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty of the men over whom it is exercised, and in inverse proportion to the number of persons who are as rich as ourselves.

The best thing in life aren't things.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

The question is not what man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.

Greatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man.

You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them, or too grasping to care for what you can not turn to other account than mere delight.