A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.

No one can understand history without continually relating the long periods which are constantly mentioned to the experiences of our own short lives.

It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.

It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.