We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, if need be, to go to the utter length of self-sacrifice.

But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know

Music says nothing to the reason: it is a kind of closely structured nonsense.

If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.