Imitation is a necessity of human nature.
To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.
To rest upon a formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.
To be forgotten is to sleep in peace with the undisturbed myriads, no longer subject to the chills and heats, the blasts, the sleet, the dust, which assail in endless succession that shadow of a man which we call his reputation.