All men need something to poetize and idealize their life a little-something which they value for more than its use, and which is a symbol of their e….

The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading; every man that tries it finds ….

First there is the democratic idea: that all men are endowed by their creator with certain natural rights; that these rights are alienable only by th….

Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain..

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be t….

Disappointment is often the salt of life..

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day..

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love..

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart....

Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its ….

A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government of the principles of eternal jus….

Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and complete, or it may be quite low and insuff….

I believe in the admission of women to the full rights of citizenship and share in government, on the express grounds that few women keep house so ba….

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete t….

The great man is to be the servant of mankind, not they of him..

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected..

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never..

Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character..

Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the ….

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am."..

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most..