Now the struggle for life is so sharp, competition is so severe, that few men can succeed who carry a useless burden. The businessmen of our country are compelled to lead temperate lives, otherwise their credit is gone.

There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

The book, called the Bible, is filled with passages equally horrible, unjust and atrocious. This is the book to be read in schools in order to make our children loving, kind and gentle! This is the book they wish to be recognized in our Constitution as the source of all authority and justice!

It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go through and through volume after volume, divide with infinite patience the gold from the dross, and present us with the pure and shining coin. Such men may be likened to bees who save us numberless journeys by giving us the fruit of their own.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

You cannot be so poor that you cannot help somebody.