The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous.

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.

The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one.

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him.

The news we hear, for the most part, is not news to our genius. It is the stalest repetition.