I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground - there is the possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first!

Labor with the heart, when the heart is pure and true, is the noblest labor.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

Exhorting his students: Be faithful to the moral principles of your religion.

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

Make the wise man within you your living ideal.