A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct t ...

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience th ...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.