Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

In a certain sense all men are historians.

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

To each is given a certain inward talent, a certain outward environment or fortune; to each by wisest combination of these two, a certain maximum capacity.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Produce, produce! Were it but the pitifulest, infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name. 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee? Out with it then! Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might.

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