Francis Wayland

"It was Homer who gave laws to the artist."

"It was Homer who inspired the poet."

"When men differ in any matter of belief, let them meet each other manfully."

"When the fight thickens the captain says, "Steady, boys;" and it is their steadiness which pulls the soldiers through. Fitful soldiers are rarely useful ones. That is our great need to-day, steady Christians — men and women you can count on. Many Christians are like intermittent springs. They flow to-day — to-morrow you cannot get a thimbleful of religious activity out of the dried channel of their lives."