The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.

Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeares wit. The men who lived with him becamePoets, for the air was fame.

The greatest genius is the most indebted person.

Conservatism is affluent and openhanded, but there is a cunning juggle in riches. I observe that they take somewhat for everythingthey give. I look bigger, but am less; I have more clothes, but am nit so warm; more armor, but less courage; more books, but less wit.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.