Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will help somebody.

The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity or Instinct.

To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Don't set out to teach theism from your natural history... You spoil both.

Where the banana grows man is sensual and cruel.

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive.