"Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol, and an audience is electrified."

"We aim above the mark to hit the mark."

"A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic."

"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character."

"Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good."

"God enters by a private door into every individual."

"Whenever you find a man who says he doesn't believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later."

"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."

"Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains."

"Everybody loves to see justice done on somebody else."

"Art is I; science is we."

"People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them."