A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass through that long field of his neighbor's. I advised him to buy it, and it would never seem long again.

In England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father.

We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.

A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

A great teacher makes hard things easy.

A human being should beware how he laughs, for then he shows all his faults.