The mercantile business did not suit me
In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it.
Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth, and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy nation.
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.
There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising.
Psychoanalysts and elephants, they never forget.
The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again.
Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.