Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

The best political economy is the care and culture of men; for, in these crises, all are ruined except such as are proper individuals, capable of thought, and of new choice and the application of their talent to new labor.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards

Moller, in his Essay on Architecture, taught that the building which was fitted accurately to answer its end would turn out to be beautiful, though beauty had not been intended. I find the like unity in human structures rather virulent and pervasive.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.

A right rule for a club would be,-Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic.