Whenever the pulpit is usurped by a formalist, then is the worshipper defrauded and disconsolate.

The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters,—a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Our age is very cheap and intelligible. Unroof any house, and you shall find it. The well-being consists in having a sufficiency of coffee and toast, with a daily newspaper; a well glazed parlor, with marbles, mirrors and centre-table; and the excitement of a few parties and a few rides in a year.

Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.