We go to Europe to be Americanized.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Now that is the wisdom of a man, in every instance of his labor, to hitch his wagon to a star, and see his chore done by the gods themselves. That is the way we are strong, by borrowing the might of the elements. The forces of steam, gravity, galvanism, light, magnets, wind, fire, serve us day by day and cost us nothing.

Only be admonished by what you already see, not to strike leagues of friendship with cheap persons, where no friendship can be. Our impatience betrays us into rash and foolish alliances which no God attends.

Nature is good, but intellect is better, as the law-giver is before the law-receiver.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.