Power Is Not Happiness.

The First Duty Of Man Is To Take None Of The Principles Of Conduct Upon Trust; To Do Nothing Without A Clear And Individual Conviction That It Is Right To Be Done.

He Has No Right To His Life When His Duty Calls Him To Resign It. Other Men Are Bound ... To Deprive Him Of Life Or Liberty, If That Should Appear In Any Case To Be Indispensably Necessary To Prevent A Greater Evil.

Literature, Taken In All Its Bearings, Forms The Grand Line Of Demarcation Between The Human And The Animal Kingdoms.

As Long As Parents And Teachers In General Shall Fall Under The Established Rule, It Is Clear That Politics And Modes Of Government Will Educate And Infect Us All. They Poison Our Minds, Before We Can Resist, Or So Much As Suspect Their Malignity. Like The Barbarous Directors Of The Eastern Seraglios, They Deprive Us Of Our Vitality, And Fit Us For Their Despicable Employment From The Cradle.

It Is Absurd To Expect The Inclinations And Wishes Of Two Human Beings To Coincide, Through Any Long Period Of Time. To Oblige Them To Act And Live Together Is To Subject Them To Some Inevitable Potion Of Thwarting, Bickering, And Unhappiness.