I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.

We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence in behalf of the human race; and a literal, slavish following of precedents, as by a justice of the peace, is not for those who at this hour lead the AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.

Every man is actually weak, and apparently strong. To himself, he seems weak; to others, formidable.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco.

A home kept to the end of display is impossible to all but a few women, and their success is dearly bought.