Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.

A little fact is worth a whole limbo of dreams.

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.

There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not rank subordination and discipline among the signal virtues. Subjection to moods is the mark of a deteriorating morality. There is no baser servitude than that of the man whose caprices are his masters, and a nation composed of such men could not long preserve its liberties.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe?