The duty of labor is written on a man's body: in the stout muscle of the arm,, and the delicate machinery of the hand.

The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

What a joy is there in a good book, writ by some great master of thought, who breaks into beauty as in summer the meadow into grass and dandelions and violets, with geraniums and manifold sweetness.

Did the mass of men know the actual selfishness and injustice of their rulers, not a government would stand a year. - The world would foment with revolution.

Marriages are best made of dissimilar material.

Applying good sense to religion and religion to life. This is the field in which I design to labor