The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.
Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.
As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.
The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble.