It is very certain that the strong British race which has now overrun much of this continent, must also overrun [Texas], and Mexico and Oregon also, and it will in the course of ages be of small import by what particular occasions and methods it was done.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.

Do what you fear and your fear will die.

The world-spirit is a good swimmer, and storms and waves can not drown him. He snaps his fingers at laws; and so, throughout history, heaven seems to affect low and poor means. Through the years and the centuries, through evil agents, through toys and atoms, a great and beneficent tendency irresistibly streams.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Accuracy is essential to beauty.