Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.

A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.

But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it, is a man in alliance with truth and God.

No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.

We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.

What we call results are beginnings.

Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare.