I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.

Shall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability?

Explain! Tell a man to explain how he dropped into hell! Explain my preference! I never had a PREFERENCE for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing. No other woman exists by the side of her. I would rather touch her hand if it were dead, than I would touch any other woman's living.

He was one of those men, and they are not the commonest, of whom we can know the best only by following them away from the marketplace, the platform, and the pulpit, entering with them into their own homes, hearing the voice with which they speak to the young and aged about their own hearthstone, and witnessing their thoughtful care for the everyday wants of everyday companions, who take all their kindness as a matter of course, and not as a subject for panegyric.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.

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