Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens.

Wild liberty develops iron conscience. Want of liberty, by strengthening law and decorum, stupefies conscience.

In old persons, when thus fully expressed, we often observe a fair, plump, perennial waxen complexion, which indicates that all the ferment of earlier days has subsided into serenity of thought and behavior.

A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity.

What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased.

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

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. It must not surmise or provide for infirmity. It treats its object as a god, that it might deify both.