Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

Work! work! that is my unfailing cure for all troubles.

It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end.

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone.

I keep working because I am quite sure that no particle of goodness or truth is ever really lost, however appearances may be to the contrary.

No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father.