“Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.”

“Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.”

“He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.”

“Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.”

“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”

“If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”

“The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”