A great man is always willing to be little.
An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun.
Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
Fame is proof that the people are gullible.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Money often costs too much.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
The world stands by balanced antagonisms.
There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can.
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.
