In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us.

It is never too late to do right.

If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or conventionaliti es or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on principle.