"Sometimes I almost think that I am a pagan, and that I would rather worship the sun than any other god."

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."

"It is not so important that many should be as good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump."

"Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."

"The greatest of evils is to be guilty of none."