This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effiminated by position of nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.

How casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will.