Writing your name can lead to writing sentences. And the next thing you'll be doing is writing paragraphs, and then books. And then you'll be in as much trouble as I am!

Knowledge is to be acquired only by a corresponding experience. How can we know what we are told merely? Each man can interpret another's experience only by his own.

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

Indeed, the Englishman's history of New England commences only when it ceases to be New France.

The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs.

The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.

If you would be chaste, you must be temperate.