To the old, sorrow is sorrow; to the young, it is despair.

The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.

Education is an asset no man can take away.

I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning.

You youngsters nowadays think you're to begin with living well and working easy; you've no notion of running afoot before you get on horseback.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.