What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.
Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil.
The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.
We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.
The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.
There is nothing stronger than human prejudice. A crazy sentimentalism, like that of Peter the Hermit, hurled half of Europe upon Asia, and changed the destinies of kingdoms.