I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the star-less night, - blown and flared by passion's storm, - and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.

Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he must be self-supporting. To live on the labor of others, either by force which enslaves, or by cunning which robs, or by borrowing or begging, is wholly dishonorable. Every man should be taught some useful art.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Fear is religion, courage is science.

You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.

Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.