The home is the chief school of human virtues.

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.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

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

Other blessings may be taken away, but if we have acquired a good friend by goodness, we have a blessing which improves in value when others fail.

The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.

True love is the parent of humility.