“It is not an institution for teaching shorthand, but one where hands too calloused to write it can clap their applause for a song.”

Original: Nid sefydliad i ddysgu llaw-fer yw hi, ond sefydliad i ddwylaw â gormod o gyrn arnynt i ysgrifennu llaw-fer, i guro cymeradwyaeth cân. — Celebrating the Eisteddfod as a cultural home for working people · Gorsedd paper, National Eisteddfod Rhyl, 1892 (Welsh)

• Art
• Community
• Music

“Pure rejoicing is pure health. Let us never destroy it.”

Original: Mae gorfoledd pur yn iechyd pur! Peidiwn a'i ladd er dim! — Celebrating wholehearted joy as something healthy and worth protecting · Sermon, Sul y Blodau, 31 March 1903 (Welsh)

• Health
• Hope
• Joy

“The English press would do well to remember that the Welshman has two eyes: one reads Welsh and the other reads English.”

Original: Byddai yn eithaf peth i'r wasg Seisnig gofio fod dau lygad gan y Cymro—un yn darllen Cymraeg, a'r llall yn darllen Saesneg. — A witty defence of Welsh readers against careless outside criticism · Gorsedd paper, National Eisteddfod Rhyl, 1892 (Welsh)

• Identity
• Language
• Wit