Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind.

My books are friends that never fail me.

The dust of controversy is merely the falsehood flying off.

Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into the wilderness, let Congress jargon as it will,can such a form of so-called Government continue for any length of time to torment men with the semblance, when the indispensable substance is not there.

Man is a tool-using animal.

Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.

One is weary of hearing about the omnipotence of money. I will say rather that, for a genuine man, it is not evil to be poor.