Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe.

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

We animate what we can see, and we see only what we animate.

What goes on around you... compares little with what goes on inside you.

The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country.

Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.

If you want a friend you need to be a friend.