Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of the whites.

The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.

I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart to the lasting impressions of nature; she awakened my understanding and extended my horizon and her percepts exerted an everlasting influence upon the course of my life.

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?

There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.