Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.

he who should inspire and lead his race must be defended from travelling with the souls of other men, from living, breathing, reading, and writing in the daily, time-worn yoke of their opinions.

Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.

The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.

Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.

The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion. The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into every individual.

We expect a great man to be a good reader.