Justice does not descend from its own pinnacle.
The human race is in the best condition when it has the greatest degree of liberty.
As flowerlets drooped and puckered in the night turn up to the returning sun and spread their petals wide on his new warmth and light-just so my wilted spirits rose again and such a heat of zeal surged through my veins that I was born anew.
And we came forth to contemplate the stars.
No one thinks of how much blood it costs.
Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.