Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver ha…

Think thou and act; to-morrow thou shalt die Outstretch'd in the sun's warmth upon the shore, Thou say'st: 'Man's measur'd path is all gone o'er: Up all his ye…

If I work incessantly to the last, nature owes me another form of existence when the present one collapses.

All who have meant good work with their whole hearts, have done good work, although they may die before they have the time to sign it. Every heart that has bea…