Sentimentalists ... adopt whatever merit is in good repute, and almost make it hateful with their praise. The warmer their expressions, the colder we feel.... Cure the drunkard, heal the insane, mollify the homicide, civilize the Pawnee, but what lessons can be devised for the debauchee of sentiment?

The things taught in schools & colleges are not an education but the means of education.

All necessary truth is its own evidence.

The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.

I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old.

Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.