Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.
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Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it is with people who sometimes cover up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and so quench transcendent glories with a little shining dust.
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The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.
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Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world.
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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth -- the true poet is very near the oracle.
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Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.
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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
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The essence of justice is mercy.
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The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
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