“If the newspapers begin to publish stories about wars, and the people begin to think and talk of war in their daily conversations, they soon find themselves at war. People get that which their mind...”

“This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of thos...”

“When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.”

“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.”

“All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.”

“Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.”

“All our focus and strength must be concentrated on striving to fulfill the will of God for our lives”

“Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash.”

“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”