Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers.
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.
A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.
The highest excellence is seldom attained in more than one vocation. The roads leading to distinction in separate pursuits diverge, and the nearer we approach the one, the farther we recede from the other.