“The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living
“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land
“A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others
“Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.