It is great, and there is no other greatness-to make one nook of God's Creation more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some human heart a little wiser, manlier, happier-more blessed.

Infinite is the help man can yield to man.

The latest gospel in this world is, know thy work and do it.

A man perfects himself by working.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

Generations are as the days of toilsome mankind; death and birth are the vesper and the matin bells that summon mankind to sleep and to rise refreshed for new advancement. What the father has made, the son can make and enjoy; but has also work of his own appointed him. Thus all things wax and roll onwards: arts, establishments, opinions, nothing is ever completed, but ever completing.