Genius, even, as it is the greatest good, is he greatest harm.

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

Men of God have always, from time to time, walked among men, and made their commission felt in the heart and soul of the commonest hearer.

I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity.

Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.

The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.