Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.

In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.