Character is that which can do without success.

The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

The simplest words,--we do not know what they mean except when we love and aspire.

The moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties. Else, I know not how, in our world, any good would ever get done.

Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.

I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.