Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.

Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth.

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.

When a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his past identification of himself and others according to things, i.e. property.

There is no history; only biography.

The secret of success in education is respecting the students.

Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to be unfit to be his companions; it is very uncivil, nay, insulting; Society will retaliate.