I have no time to be in a hurry.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.

What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!

I suppose that the great questions of "Fate, Freewill, Foreknowledge Absolute," which used to be discussed at Concord, are still unsettled.

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

I was not born to be forced.