The beautiful is never plentiful.

The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservation and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve anyone; it must husband its resources to live. But health or fullness answers its own ends, and has to spare, runs over, and inundates the neighborhoods and creeks of other men's necessities.

The world leaves no track in space, and the greatest action of man no mark in the vast idea.

We all need someone who can help us do what we already can.

The State is our neighbors; our neighbors are the State.

The force of character is cumulative.