The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.
Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.
Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.
Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.
Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.
In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious is not saved by his intention.
Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.
Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man’s life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
A door that seems to stand open must be of a man’s size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.
Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper.
Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.
A man that does not love praise is not a full man.
Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.
The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant.