Behind every individual closes organization; before him opens liberty,--the Better, the Best. The first and worse races are dead.The second and imperfect races are dying out, or remain for the maturing of the higher. In the latest race, in man, every generosity, every new perception, the love and praise he extorts from his fellows, are certificates of advance out of fate into freedom.

Steam was till the other day the devil which we dreaded. Every pot made by any human potter or brazier had a hole in its cover, to let off the enemy, lest he should lift pot and roof and carry the house away.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

Aristotle and Plato are reckoned the respective heads of two schools. A wise man will see that Aristotle platonizes.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.