The night in prison was novel and interesting enough.... I found that even here there was a history and a gossip which never circulated beyond the walls of the jail. Probably this is the only house in the town where verses are composed, which are afterward printed in a circular form, but not published. I was shown quite a long list of verses which were composed by some young men who had been detected in an attempt to escape, who avenged themselves by singing them.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Real power is measured by how much you can let things be.

We must take root; send out some little fibre at least, even every winter day.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

For the most part, the best man's spirit makes a fearful sprite to haunt his grave.

Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life.