It never was in the power of any man or any community to call the arts into being. They come to serve his actual wants, never to please his fancy.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.

The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.

When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.

The case wouldn't be overweight if you didn't have so many shoes. How many do you really need? This pair, for example, I swear you never even wore them.

Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.