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.

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.

To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the springtime of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human mature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and softest feelings, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold on the future life.

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

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.