though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view.

What you do thunders above your head so loudly, I cannot hear the words you speak.

In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed of.

The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy.

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.