The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter

Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness.

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them?

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.

Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning's flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself.

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone.