A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

I learned to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of nature, rather than a member of society.

What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?

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

Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll go canoeing.

I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with their bodies, at once under my roof, and yet we often parted without being aware that we had come very near to one another.