We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial but it is indelible.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber if he has common sense on the ground floor.

Oh to be seventy again.

The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done."

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; Carve every word before you let it fall.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.