There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Our books approach very slowly the things we most wish to know.

My joy in friends, those sacred people, is my consolation.

In England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father.

All ages of belief have been great; all of unbelief have been mean.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.