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

Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual

The world still wants its poet-priest, a reconciler, who shall not trifle with Shakspeare the player, nor shall grope in graves with Swedenborg the mourner; but who shall see, speak, and act, with equal inspiration. For knowledge will brighten the sunshine; right is more beautiful than private affection; and love is compatible with universal wisdom.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

Things are in the saddle. And ride mankind.

Now every one must do after his kind, be he asp or angel, and these must.

Valor consists in the power of self recovery.