As Arkwright and Whitney were the demi-gods of cotton, so prolific Time will yet bring an inventor to every plant. There is not a property in nature but a mind is born to seek and find it.

Could Shakespeare give a theory of Shakespeare?

There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown.

I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today.

Never read any book that is not a year old.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.