Being is the great explainer.

Where there is a brave man, in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor.

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for though the world is so old - and so many books have been written - each object appears wholly undescribed to our experience - each field of thought wholly unexplored - the whole world is an America - a New World.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.