History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

The Highest Being reveals himself in man.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

God Almighty never created a man half as wise as he looks.

Lives the man that can figure a naked Duke of Windlestraw addressing a naked House of Lords?

The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything

The first purpose of clothes... was not warmth or decency, but ornament.... Among wild people, we find tattooing and painting even prior to clothes. The first spiritual want of a barbarous man is decoration; as indeed we still see among the barbarous classes in civilized countries.