God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I any fear that a skeptical bias can be given by leaning hard on the sides of fate, of practical power, or of trade, which the doctrine of Faith cannot down-weigh.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can.