The Mississippi, the Ganges, and the Nile,... the Rocky Mountains, the Himmaleh, and Mountains of the Moon, have a kind of personal importance in the annals of the world.

Life is so short that it is not wise to take roundabout ways, nor can we spend much time in waiting.... We have not got half-way to dawn yet.

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

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.

There is no treatment for adore, but to love far more.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.