We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim.

Nature is upheld by antagonism.

Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.

Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the exercise of self-trust, new powers shall appear.

The advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice.

The first wealth is health.

If you act, you show character; if you sit still, you show it; if you sleep you show it.