The only government that I recognize--and it matters not how few are at the head of it, or how small its army--is that power thatestablishes justice in the land, never that which establishes injustice.

Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it.

It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.

On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always morning.