I think all men know better than they do; know that the institutions we so volubly commend are go-carts and baubles; but they darenot trust their presentiments.

In imitation is a bit suicide.

Nature is a frugal mother, and never gives without measure. When she has work to do, she qualifies men for that and sends them equipped.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

Culture opens the sense of beauty.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

The Americans have no faith, they rely on the power of a dollar; they are deaf to sentiment.