If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
These are the times when a genius wants to live.
I acknowledge myself a unitarian
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.