“It is clear that the chief end of mathematical study must be to make the students think.”

“Think and let think.”

“I want to know one thing, the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way; for this end He came from heaven. He hath written it down in a book. Give me that book! At any price give me the Book of God!”

“Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.”

“Do all the good you can,By all the means you can,In all the ways you can,In all the places you can,At all the times you can,To all the people you can,As long as ever you can.”

“Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.”

“It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. A reading people will always be a knowing people. ”