A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt not there runs a shudder through the nether empire; and new emissaries are trained with new tactics, to, if possible, entrap and hoodwink and handcuff him.

Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.

For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, a real possession and acquirement.