He who would be a great soul in the future, must be a great soul now.

For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior.

How much better when the whole land is a garden, and the people have grown up in the bowers of a paradise.

A skilful man reads his dreams for his selfknowledge; yet not the details, but the quality.

We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence in behalf of the human race; and a literal, slavish following of precedents, as by a justice of the peace, is not for those who at this hour lead the AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.