One seems to believe almost all that they believe; and when they stop short and call it a Religion, and you pass on, and call it only a reminiscence of one, should you not part with the kiss of peace?

At the bottom there is no perfect history; there is none such conceivable. All past centuries have rotted down, and gone confusedly dumb and quiet.

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.

Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

Endurance is patience concentrated.