All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.

There are depths in man that go to the lowest hell, and heights that reach the highest heaven, for are not both heaven and hell made out of him, everlasting miracle and mystery that he is.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

Man is, and was always, a block-head and dullard; much readier to feel and digest, than to think and consider.

A very sea of thought; neither calm nor clear, if you will, yet wherein the toughest pearl-diver may dive to his utmost depth, and return not only with sea-wreck but with true orients.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

The modern majesty consists in work. What a man can do is his greatest ornament, and he always consults his dignity by doing it.