Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.

We begin with friendships, and all our youth is a reconnoitering and recruiting of the holy fraternity they shall combine for thesalvation of men. But so the remoter stars seem a nebula of united light, yet there is no group which a telescope will not resolve; and the dearest friends are separated by impassable gulfs.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line.

Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.

These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

The world is his who has money to go over it.