America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.
A simple life is its own reward.
Nothing is so irrevocable as mind.
It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination.
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.
It is rash to intrude upon the piety of others: both the depth and the grace of it elude the stranger.