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.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

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.

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.

You never know what you can do till you try.

Norwich is a very fine city, and the castle, which stands in the middle of it, on a hill, is truly majestic.

The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.