The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.

History is full, down to this day, of the imbecility of kings and governors. They are a class of persons much to be pitied, for they know not what they should do.

An action is the perfection and publication of thought. A right action seems to fill the eye, and to be related to all nature.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.

To be great, you must be misunderstood

The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later.