Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way!

Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men!

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.

Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of us like an intruder, and meets the intruder's welcome.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us in a maze of madness and error. These are death, toil, and the ignorance of the future.