These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

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.

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.