To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich.

The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name.

I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time is come I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.

Bridgeport?" Said I. "Camelot," Said he.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.