Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.

It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from human power; the other, the image it bears of the natural creation.