Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

I am a living member of the great family of all souls; and I cannot improve or suffer myself, without diffusing good or evil around me through an ever-enlarging sphere. I belong to this family. I am bound to it by vital bonds.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Be true to your own highest convictions.

The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.

My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear My arms unstained and free from scars.