I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature. For, although the works of nature are innumerable and all different, the result or the expression of them all is similar and single.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.

When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.