Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness.

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

There is nothing but is related to us, nothing that does not interest us,--kingdom, college, tree, horse, or iron show,--the rootsof all things are in man.

Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of Nature. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.