The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.

Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

The most Indian thing about the Indian is surely not his moccasins or his calumet, his wampum or his stone hatched, but traits of character and sagacity, skill, or passion.

Man is made of the same atoms the world is, he shares the same impressions, predispositions, and destiny. When his mind is illuminated, when his heart is kind, he throws himself joyfully into the sublime order, and does, with knowledge, what the stones do by structure.

When fear enters the heart of a man at hearing the names of candidates and the reading of laws that are proposed, then is the State safe, but when these things are heard without regard, as above or below us, then is the Commonwealth sick or dead.