INGERSOLL

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.

Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them.

I would like to see a fair division of profits between capital and labor, so that the toiler could save enough to mingle a little June with the December of his life.

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are only consequences.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

The place to be happy is here, the time to be happy is now.