I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

The botanist should make interest with the bees if he would know when the flowers open and when they close.

It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker.

We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.

I love reform better than its modes.

The heroes and discoverers have found true more than was previously believed, only when they were expecting and dreaming of something more than their contemporaries dreamed of, or even themselves discovered, that is, when they were in a frame of mind fitted to behold the truth. Referred to the world's standard, they are always insane. Even savages have indirectly surmised as much.