It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

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.

Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake?

Soul Gathers Force It is possible, when the future is dim, when our depressed faculties can form no bright ideas of the perfection and happiness of a better world,-it is possible still to cling to the conviction of God's merciful purpose towards His creatures, of His parental goodness even in suffering, still to feel that the path of duty, though trodden with a heavy heart, leads to peace.

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.

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

An earnest purpose finds time, or makes it. It seizes on spare moments, and turns fragments to golden account.