There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

Five great enemies of peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government, is, it must be owned, but a shabby imitation.

Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes.

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.