We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and suffer long.

The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.

Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.

Goodness that preaches undoes itself.

Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.