Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made

Live free, child of the mist,- and with respect to knowledge we are allchildren of the mist.

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

What shall we think of a government to which all the truly brave and just men in the land are enemies, standing between it and those whom it oppresses? A government that pretends to be Christian and crucifies a million Christs every day!

Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it.

Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep.