No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

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

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

Be true to your own highest convictions.