I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

Justice is to be found only in the imagination.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.