The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

The regular course of studies, the years of academical and professional education, have not yielded me better facts than some idle books under the bench at the Latin School.

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.