The press is, almost without exception, corrupt.

It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every man's busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface.

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

Give me the old familiar world, post-office and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does not know when it is beaten.

One should be always on the trail of one's own deepest nature. For it is the fearless living out of your own essential nature that connects you to the Divine.

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.

There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography.