A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.

It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . .

What is the city in which we sit here, but an aggregate of incongruous materials, which have obeyed the will of some man?

Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day.

Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.

You must let go of a thing for a new one to come to you.

There is a persuasion in the soul of man that he is here for cause, that he was put down in this place by the Creator to do the work for which he inspires him, that thus he is an overmatch for all antagonists that could combine against him.