There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.

A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will.

Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things?

There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.

'Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist.