Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.
A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
