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

Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, that he might not want the hint of tranquillity and self-poise.

Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man.

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.

When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.

Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe?