As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

I do not wish to remove from my present prison to a prison a little larger. I wish to break all prisons.

There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.

Beauty rests on necessities.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.

We find in life exactly what we put into it

O friend, never strike sail to a fear!