As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves. Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.

In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.

One may be drunk with love without being any nearer to finding his mate.

What avails it that another loves you, if he does not understand you? Such love is a curse.

We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.