It gets laughed at because it is a small town, I know, but nevertheless it is a place where great men may be born any day, for fair winds and foul blow right on over it without distinction.

There is an orientalism in the most restless pioneer, and the farthest west is but the farthest east.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

The most domestic cat, which has lain on a rug all her days, appears quite at home in the woods, and, by her sly and stealthy behavior, proves herself more native there than the regular inhabitants.

It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.

Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.

A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.