Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves.

The first questions are always to be asked, and the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do.

It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.