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

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

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

If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

The ravages of drink are greater than those of war pestilence and famine combined.

The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library must be dusted, must be arranged, must be catalogued. What a vista of toil, yet not unhappy toil!