I remember the thought which occurred to me when some ingenious and spiritual foreigners came to America, was, Have you been victimized in being brought hither?--or, prior to that, answer me this, "Are you victimizable?

The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It is not quite sufficient to good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

Genius has no taste for weaving sand.