The improved means to the unimproved end.

And if the civilized man's pursuits are no worthier than the savage's, if he is employed the greater part of his life in obtaininggross necessaries and comforts merely, why should he have a better dwelling than the former?

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.

Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.

The very thrills of genius are disorganizing. The body is never quite acclimated to its atmosphere, but how often, succumbs and goes into a decline.

I do not believe there are eight hundred human beings on the globe.