Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam on those that are without while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

One kernel is felt in a hogshead one drop of water helps to swell the ocean a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn, and to arrange what we know.