A man may travel fast enough and earn his living on the road.

Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.

Exaggeration! was ever any virtue attributed to a man without exaggeration? was ever any vice, without infinite exaggeration? Do we not exaggerate ourselves to ourselves, or do we recognize ourselves for the actual men we are? Are we not all great men? Yet what are we actually, to speak of? We live by exaggeration.

If private men are obliged to perform the offices of government, to protect the weak and dispense justice, then the government becomes only a hired man, or clerk, to perform menial or indifferent services.

All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story.

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs.