Where All Are Selfish, The Sage Is

I Scarcely Know A Professional Man I Can Like, And Certainly Not One Who Has Been What The World Calls Successful, That I Should The Least Wish To Resemble.

Instead Of Man To Love, We Have A Man-god To Worship . From Being The Example Of Devotion, He Is Its Object; The Religion Of Christ Ended With His Life , And Left Us Instead But The Christian Religion.

Courage Is, On All Hands, Considered As An Essential Of High Character.

Justice Without Wisdom Is Impossible.

If You Think You Can Temper Yourself Into Manliness By Sitting Here Over Your Books, It Is The Very Silliest Fancy That Ever Tempted A Young Man To His Ruin. You Cannot Dream Yourself Into A Character; You Must Hammer And Forge Yourself One.