A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.

Courage, so far as it is a sign of race, is peculiarly the mark of a gentleman or a lady; but it becomes vulgar if rude or insensitive, while timidity is not vulgar, if it be a characteristic of race or fineness of make. A fawn is not vulgar in being timid, nor a crocodile "gentle" because courageous.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.