Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.
Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.
Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.