Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

Every man whose business it is to think knows that he must for part of the day create about himself a pool of silence.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.