If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side, and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope; when the historic glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era?

Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.

Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy?

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance.

That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price.