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?

Rich as we are in biography, a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one; and there are certainly many more men whose history deserves to be recorded than persons willing and able to record it.

A man's perfection is his work.

I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity.

The greatest fault is to be conscious of none.

Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.

Evil and good are everywhere, like shadow and substance; inseparable (for men) yet not hostile, only opposed.