Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

Grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is Knowledge.

I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation -- they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable, the first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism. The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.

Have not all past human beings parted, And must not all the present, one day part?

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.