We should endeavor practically in our lives to correct all the defects which our imagination detects.

Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

I have always endeavored to acquire strict business habits; they are indispensable to every man. If your trade is with the Celestial Empire, then some small counting house on the coast, in some Salem harbor, will be fixture enough.

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?

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

I learned what it is to live in the open air, and I learned that our lives are domestic in more sense than we think.

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!