Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.

Nothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women.

Is not that state a warning and a judgment for our heavy sins as a nation?

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revelation.

For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, should not ring in the ears of civilized man.

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.