It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of spirit.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.