"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."

"My whole life has been a struggle with the world."

"By words the mind is winged."

"The world is an open book, full of the most rare and strange things, for him who has eyes to see."