"By words the mind is winged."

"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!"

"The common people are not to be trusted with any species of power, least of all with that which is the most dangerous, the power of making laws."

"I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."

"Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher."