Charles Kingsley

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth. ”

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded. ”

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. ”

Do noble things, not dream them all day long. ”

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. ”

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. ”

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means. ”

There is a great deal of human nature in man. ”

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. ”

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work. ”