But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

The orator puts off his individuality, and is then most eloquent when most silent. He listens while he speaks, and is a hearer along with his audience.

...A traveller is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from - toward; it is the history of every one of us. It is a great art to saunter.

To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.