It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.

Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive

I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.

It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world's well beaten ways.