Wait, and thy soul shall speak.

I think that the heroism which at this day would make on us the impression of Epaminondas and Phocion must be that of a domestic conqueror. He who shall bravely and gracefully subdue this Gorgon of Convention and Fashion, and show men how to lead a clean, handsome and heroic life amid the beggarly elements of our cities and villages; whoso shall teach me how to eat my meat and take my repose and deal with men, without any shame following, will restore the life of man to splendor, and make his own name dear to all history.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.

For a great nature, it is a happiness to escape a religious training; religion of character is so apt to be invaded.

The best university that can be recommended to a man of ideas is the gauntlet of the mob.

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

If you have something to say, you will be given the power to say it.