Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject; and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing.

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

The language of the street is always strong.

Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

The goof man, in dealing with his people, taxes them with luxury.