The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.

The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one.

Nature spontaneously keeps us well. Do not resist her!

When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.