What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in..

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the….

To be great, you must be misunderstood.

To eat bread is one thing; to love the precepts of Christ and resolve to obey them is quite another..

The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child..

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it..

It is in the stomach of plants that development begins, and ends in the circles of the universe. 'Tis a long scale from the gorilla to the gentleman,….

My gentleman gives the law where he is; he will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field, and outshine all courtesy in the hall. He….

Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his….

A bullet had found him, his blood ran out as he cried. No money could save him, so he laid down and died. Ooh, what a lucky man he was..

The dearest events are summer-rain..

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, and thus makes him necessary to society. ...….

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving..

The only method to possess a buddy is always to be one..

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great..

It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They ….

What is well done, I feel as if I did; what is ill-done, I reck not of..

In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some monied corporation, or some dan….

Women have a less accurate measure of time than men; there is a clock in Adam, none in Eve..

Let the bird sing without deciphering the song..

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing hims….