The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls the wretchedness and nothingness of man.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic . . . the term "mores" . . . meaning . . . habits of the heart.

All around you everything is on the move.

No men are less addicted to reverie than the citizens of a democracy.

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.

Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations.