Among the map makers of each generation are the risk takers, those who see the opportunities, seize the moment and expand man's vision of the future

Steam was till the other day the devil which we dreaded. Every pot made by any human potter or brazier had a hole in its cover, to let off the enemy, lest he should lift pot and roof and carry the house away.

The only money of God is God. He pays never with any thing less, or any thing else.

The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

Heaven is large, and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude.

When the night is darkest, the stars come out.

Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required.