If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man.

As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.

We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.

In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.

To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.