Wherever you have planted a seed, I am prepared to expect wonders.

There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness.

The rule is to carry as little as possible.

As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom.

Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?

I did not go to Boston, for with regard to that place I sympathize with one of my neighbors, an old man, who has not been there since the last war, when he was compelled to go. No, I have a real genius for staying at home.