I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced th…

- Ezra Cornell

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron

- Ezra Cornell

I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the …

- Ezra Cornell

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

- Ezra Cornell

My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsi…

- Ezra Cornell

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my coun…

- Ezra Cornell

There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and child…

- Ezra Cornell

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

- Ezra Cornell

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective…

- Ezra Cornell