Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others are plain, honest and upright, like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

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.

Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.