The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.
Every reform was once a private opinion.
Things refuse to be mismanaged for long.
We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.