I do not wish to remove from my present prison to a prison a little larger. I wish to break all prisons.

Private, accidental, confidential conversation breeds thought. Clubs produce oftener words.

There is genius as well in virtue as in intellect. 'Tis the doctrine of faith over works.

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

The only prudence in life is concentration.

Society has really no graver interest than the well-being of the literary class.

What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries!