No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

Near the centre of that State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys.

It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.

When men struggle for the single life God has given them ... even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

Aristocracy: A combination of many powerful men, for the purpose of maintaining their own particular interests. It is consequently a concentration of all the most effective parts of a community for a given end, hence its energy, efficiency and success.