A Great Mind Can Attend

A Great Mind Can Attend To Little Things, But A Little Mind Cannot Attend To Great Things.

There Have Always Been A Large Class Of Thinkers Who Deny That The World Makes Any Progress. They Say We Move In A Circle; That Evils Are Never Conquered, But Only Change Their Forms.

You Find Yourself Refreshed In The Presence Of Cheerful People. Why Not Make An Honest Effort To Confer That Pleasure On Others? Half The Battle Is Gained If You Never Allow Yourself To Say Anything Gloomy.

They [slaves] Have Stabbed Themselves For Freedom-jumped Into The Waves For Freedom-starved For Freedom-fought Like Very Tigers For Freedom! But They Have Been Hung, And Burned, And Shot-and Their Tyrants Have Been Their Historians!

In The First Place, The Government Ought Not To Be Invested With Power To Control The Affections, Any More Than The Consciences Of Citizens. A Man Has At Least As Good A Right To Choose His Wife, As He Has To Choose His Religion. His Taste May Not Suit His Neighbors; But So Long As His Deportment Is Correct, They Have No Right To Interfere With His Concerns.