It is rare to find a man who believes in his own thoughts or speaks that which he is created to say. As nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing, so nothing is more rare in any man than an act of his own...feel yourself, and be not daunted by things...The light by which we see this world comes out from the soul of the observer.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together.

Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the show fiber has passed into your body.