The State is our neighbors; our neighbors are the State.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.

The essence of age is intellect. Wherever that appears, we call it old.

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as tolame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.

Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.

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.