I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.

The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend... The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.

It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one.

Tis good-will makes intelligence.

Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of themanly contemplation of the whole.

The remedy for all blunders, the cure of blindness, the cure of crime, is love.