It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will never be one of opposition to a just government, if he should chance to meet with such.

There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.

Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer always knows that he is justly punished; but when a government takes the life of a man without the consent of his conscience, it is an audacious government, and is taking a step towards its own dissolution.

The truth is, there is money buried everywhere, and you have only to go to work to find it.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

In our daily intercourse with men, our nobler faculties are dormant and suffered to rust. None will pay us the compliment to expect nobleness from us. Though we have gold to give, they demand only copper.