Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

True love is the parent of humility.

There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn into food and clothes, or gratification for the body; but the whole creation may be used to minister to the sense of beauty.

I am a living member of the great family of all souls; and I cannot improve or suffer myself, without diffusing good or evil around me through an ever-enlarging sphere. I belong to this family. I am bound to it by vital bonds.

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

All that we do outwardly is but the expression and completion of our inward thought. To work effectively, we must think clearly; to act nobly, we must think nobly.