It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

Love is the piety of the affections.

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study.

Greatness is its own torment.

For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.