The philosophy of reasoning, to be complete, ought to comprise the theory of bad as well as of good reasoning.

All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for his good.

Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.

It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed.

Among the works of man, which human life is rightly employed in perfecting, the first in importance surely is man himself.

The United States is no more a Christian nation because most of its citizens are Christians than it is a 'white' nation because most of its citizens are white. We are Americans because we practice democracy and believe in republican government, not because we practice revealed religion and believe in Bible-based government.

Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.