Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Every man finds a sanction for his simplest claims and deeds, in decisions of his own mind, which he calls Truth and Holiness.

The life of labor does not make men, but drudges.

Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us