Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more,than Juliet,--than Romeo.

The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

The proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible.

Our age is very cheap and intelligible. Unroof any house, and you shall find it. The well-being consists in having a sufficiency of coffee and toast, with a daily newspaper; a well glazed parlor, with marbles, mirrors and centre-table; and the excitement of a few parties and a few rides in a year.