Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

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

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

My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear My arms unstained and free from scars.

A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.

Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life

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.