Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.

Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market cart into a chariot of the sun.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it.

Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.