The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity

Souls are not saved in bundles.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.

American mind a wilderness of opportunities.

The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.

Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.