What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of truth and good?

Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.

The days are made on a loom whereof the warp and woof are past and future time. They are majestically dressed, as if every god brought a thread to the skyey web.

The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?

Go face the fire at sea, or the cholera in your friend's house, or the burglar in your own, or what danger lies in the way of duty, knowing you are guarded by the cherubim of Destiny. If you believe in Fate to your harm, believe it, at least, for your good.