And in cases where profound conviction has been wrought, the eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief. It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation.

American mind a wilderness of opportunities.

Children are all foreigners.

We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.

The proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible.

There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world.

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived