These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.

We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim.

Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. 'Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels. Real kings hide away their crowns in their wardrobes, and affect a plain and poor exterior.

The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm's length, and not remember spite. He has neither friends nor enemies, but values men only as channels of power.

Labor is God's education.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.