This valley is the only place that comes up to the brag about it, and exceeds it.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart.

Never try to make anyone like you: you know, and God knows, that one of you is enough.

I find nothing in fables more astonishing than my experience in every hour. One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as to take the luster out of fiction.

Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.

When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow; nor any literary reputation or the so-called eternal names of fame that many not be refused and condemned.