“If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.”

“The coward is an object to be pitied.”

“Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.”

“One link in a chain explains the infinite chain.”

“Compared to the coward that never made the attempt, he is a hero.”

“Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.”

“We must learn the language of facts. The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject, if he has no hand to paint them to the senses.”

“Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.”