Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.

Freedom is not an empty sound; it is not an abstract idea; it is not a thing that nobody can feel. It means, - and it means nothing else, - the full and quiet enjoyment of your own property. If you have not this, if this be not well secured to you, you may call yourself what you will, but you are a slave.

You never know what you can do till you try.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

He who writes badly thinks badly

Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.