At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am constantly doing by being what I am.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Commerce is unexpectedly confident and serene, alert, adventurous, and unwearied. It is very natural in its methods withal, far more so than many fantastic enterprises and sentimental experiments, and hence its singular success.

If I am not I, who will be?