The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

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.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

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

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

The press is the fourth estate of the realm.