It is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry

I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.

Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.

And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to man and beast, delicious varieties for our tables, refreshments from our orchards, the adornments of our flower-borders, shade and perfume of our groves, materials for our buildings, or medicaments for our bodies.