For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within solitude of his own heart.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

One can acquire everything in solitude—except character.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you do or as fast. There is a time when you didn't know what you know today.

Any one thing in creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.