Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will always seek to rise above the line, and to form somewhere an inequality to their own advantage.

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say 'Gentlemen' to the person with whom he is conversing.

Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves.

Comfort becomes a goal when distinctions of rank are abolished and privileges destroyed.

Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.

There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the cornerstone of each nation's law.

The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all the changes are alike.