Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

The sun is but a morning star.

One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.

Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to fight for.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?

As we looked up in silence to those distant lights, we were reminded that it was a rare imagination which first taught that the stars are worlds, and had conferred a great benefit on mankind.