Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
The evening of life brings with it its lamps.
The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.
Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.
The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.