Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.

He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him, because it is the very nature of that seed to yield a joyful harvest.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.