A great man will find a great subject, or which is the same thing, make any subject great.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

The world leaves no track in space, and the greatest action of man no mark in the vast idea.

You must let go of a thing for a new one to come to you.

My life is superficial, takes no root in the deep world; I ask, When shall I die, and be relieved of the responsibility of seeinga Universe which I do not use? I wish to exchange this flash-of-lightning faith for continuous daylight, this fever-glow for a benign climate.

The Frenchman invented the ruffle; the Englishman added the shirt.

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.