Conformity is the ape of harmony.

I suppose an entire cabinet of shells would be an expression of the whole human mind; a Flora of the whole globe would be so likewise, or a history of beasts; or a painting of all the aspects of the clouds. Everything is significant.

Every word was once a poem. Every new relation is a new word.

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

He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, and lives with God.

We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence in behalf of the human race; and a literal, slavish following of precedents, as by a justice of the peace, is not for those who at this hour lead the AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.