We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.

If any mention was made of homicide, madness, adultery, and intolerable tortures, we would let the church-bells ring louder, the church-organ swell its peal and drown the hideous sound. The sugar they raised was excellent: nobody tasted blood in it.

What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects.