As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

All the devils respect virtue.

What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative value. And education often wastes its effort in attempts to thwart and balk this natural magnetism, which is sure to select what belongs to it.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

The greatest homage to truth is to use it.

The reality is more excellent than the report.

In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part.