In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.

When a companion's heart of itself overflows, the best one can do is to do nothing.

For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

A book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf - at any rate it is safer from criticism.

Much of a man's character will be found betokened in his backbone. I would rather feel your spine than your skull, whoever you are. A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul.

I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.