I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call life; as an emancipation from a world, which, beautiful though it may be, is still a land of captivity.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

The highest qualities of character...must be earned.

Service makes men competent.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

Study how to do the most good and let the pay take care of itself.