"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare"

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

"A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice."

"'Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent."

"I have taken all knowledge to be my province."

"A joke's a very serious thing."

"How much I love every thing that is decided and open!"

"A feeling of real need is always a good enough reason to pray."

"If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men."