A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

Do your thing, and I shall know you.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care of themselves.

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.