“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.”

“Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.”

“A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.”

“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.”

“If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society... It is the education which gives a man a clear, conscious view of their own o...”

“We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.”

“Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”