Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

[on Thoreau:] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage solely to truth itself.

Words are alive. Cut them and they bleed.

Invention breeds invention.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners.

The remedy for all blunders, the cure of blindness, the cure of crime, is love.