“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.”

“The things taught in schools & colleges are not an education but the means of education.”

“Miracles are ceased; and therefore we must needs admit the means, how things are perfected.”

“Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.”