The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

Genius is power, talent is applicability.