People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Genius appeals to the future.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.