Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually.

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

Home - the nursery of the Infinite.

Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.

Knowledge is essential to freedom.

We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.

We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.