For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.

All the great ages have been ages of belief.

On the other side, the conservative party, composed of the most moderate, able, and cultivated part of the population, is timid, and merely defensive of property. It vindicates no right, it aspires to no real good, it brands no crime, it proposes no generous policy, it does not build, nor write, nor cherish the arts, nor foster religion, nor establish schools, nor encourage science, nor emancipate the slave, nor befriend the poor, or the Indian, or the immigrant.

He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

Whilst all the world is in pursuit of power, culture corrects the theory of success.

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

People who wash much have a high mind about it, and talk down to those who wash little.