When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the sanctuary of its intuitions.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following.

The true doctrine of omnipresence is, that God reappears with all his parts in every moss and cobweb.

Meek young men grow up in colleges and believe it is their duty to accept the views which books have given, and grow up slaves.

In the first place, all books that get fairly into the vital air of the world were written by the successful class, by the affirming and advancing class, who utter what tens of thousands feel though they cannot say.