The peace of the man who has forsworn the use of the bullet seems to me not quite peace, but a canting impotence.

In Nature, all is useful, all is beautiful

Hume's doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot, the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.

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

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.