Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

- William Rounseville Alger

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.

- William Rounseville Alger

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

- William Rounseville Alger

God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.

- William Rounseville Alger

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

- William Rounseville Alger

Keep your working power at its maximum.

- William Rounseville Alger

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

- William Rounseville Alger

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

- William Rounseville Alger

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

- William Rounseville Alger