But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.

There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

The advantage of riches remains with him who procured them, not with the heir.

The greater speed and success that distinguish the planting of the human race in this country, over all other plantations in history, owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power.

Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge.

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

The finest poems of the world have been expedients to get bread.