We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.

It is easy to specify the individual objects of admiration in these grand scenes; but it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind.

What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

I have watched how steadily the general feeling, as shown at elections, has been rising against Slavery. What a proud thing for England if she is the first European nation which utterly abolishes it! I was told before leaving England that after living in slave countries all my opinions would be altered; the only alteration I am aware of is forming a much higher estimate of the negro character.

We have happy days, remember good dinners.