If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.

So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars.

We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return - sending back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms.

It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or acknowledge the personality of God. Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. It is a sad mistake.

Every child begins the world again.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.