The home is the chief school of human virtues.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.

Be true to your own highest convictions.

Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit that entrusts itself to Him in well-doing as to a faithful Creator.

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on account of their inherent dignity, not their outward direction. He is to be educated, because he is a man, not because he is to make shoes, nail, or pins.