All things are flowing, even those that seem immovable. The adamant is always passing into smoke. The plants imbibe the materialswhich they want from the air and the ground. They burn, that is, exhale and decompose their own bodies into the air and earth again. The animal burns, or undergoes the like perpetual consumption. The earth burns, the mountains burn and decompose, slower, but incessantly.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.

America is another name for opportunity.

The dearest events are summer-rain.

In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks.

When it's dark enough men see stars.

Every person has his or her own vocation-talent is the call.