Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

The longer we live the more we must endure the elementary existence of men and women; and every brave heart must treat society asa child, and never allow it to dictate.

Generalization is always a new influx of divinity into the mind. Hence the thrill that attends it.

The highest end of government is the culture of men.

History - a biography of a few stout and earnest persons

Very idle is all curiosity concerning other people's estimate of us, and all fear of remaining unknown is not less so.

In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance.