Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man.

It is a greater joy to see the author's author, than himself.

Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the exercise of self-trust, new powers shall appear.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

But it is impossible that the creative power should exclude itself. Into every intelligence there is a door which is never closed,through which the creator passes.

By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the permanent objects of nature, so that the world shall be to us an open book, and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause.

The surest poison is time.