He who cannot withal keep his mind to himself cannot practice any considerable thing whatsoever.

Statistics is a science which ought to be honourable, the basis of many most important sciences; but it is not to be carried on by steam, this science, any more than others are; a wise head is requisite for carrying it on.

Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.

A poor creature who has said or done nothing worth a serious man taking the trouble of remembering.

Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.