In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some monied corporation, or some dangler, who hopes, in the mask and robes of his paragraph, to pass for somebody. But through every clause and part of speech of the right book I meet the eyes of the most determined men; his force and terror inundate every word: the commas and dashes are alive; so that the writing is athletic and nimble,--can go far and live long.

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Convert life into truth.

I am primarily engaged to myself to be a public servant of all the gods, to demonstrate to all men that there is intelligence andgood will at the heart of all things, and even higher and yet higher leadings. These are my engagements; how can your law further or hinder me in what I shall do to men?

The public values the invention more than the inventor does. The inventor knows there is much more and better where this came from.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.