I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way .

If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man,--and I think that it is, though only the wise improve their advantages,--it must be shown that it has produced better dwellings without making them more costly; and the cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer; but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless.

We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.

I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

What is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love.