It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.

God intends no man to live in this world without working, but it seems to me no less evident that He intends every man to be happy in his work.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.

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?

What right have you to take the word wealth, which originally meant well-being, and degrade and narrow it by confining it to certain sorts of material objects measured by money.

See! This our fathers did for us.