Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.

The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

Books take their place according to their specific gravity as surely as potatoes in a tub.

Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.

He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public. That statement only is fit to be made public, which you have come at in attempting to satisfy your own curiosity.

There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.

Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals.