The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going

And so the reliance on Property, including the reliance on governments which protect it, is the want of self-reliance.

Genius seems to consist merely in trueness of sight, in using such words as show that the man was an eye-witness, and not a repeater of what was told.

Chiefly the sea-shore has been the point of departure to knowledge, as to commerce. The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.

I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity.

The greatest man in history was the poorest.

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here.