He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done..

There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a prognosticator either of good o….

Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us in a m….

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later..

Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement….

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free..

Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost t….

There 's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming..

Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of ….

There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away bef….

The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . . No man is so wise but that he may ….

Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young..

Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way!.

There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a flower about to blow; There's a midnight bl….

Much as the sage may affect to despise the opinion of the world, there are few who would not rather expose their lives a hundred times than be condem….

Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?.

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent..

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me..

The king can drink the best of wine -So can I;And has enough when he would dine -So have I;And can not order rain or shine -Nor can I.Then where's th….

Truth . . . and if mine eyes Can bear its blaze, and trace its symmetries, Measure its distance, and its advent wait, I am no prophet - I but calcula….

But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run; And the truth shall ever come uppermost, And justice shall be done..