The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire.

Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum of money, the degree of influence it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed; certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front?

Give us, O give us the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time . . . he will do it better . . . he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible to fatigue while he marches to music. The very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve in their spheres.

To be true is manly, chivalrous, Christian; to be false is mean, cowardly, devilish.

Of all God's creatures, Man alone is poor.

A collection of books is the best of all universities.

The Christian must be consumed by the conviction of the infinite beauty of holiness and the infinite damnability of sin.