"As a proof of the admirable power of the mind, I may mention that I have been for some years training my mind to reject the evidence of my senses when they do not square with my preconceived notions."

"If a man were to read a book on the cultivation of fruit trees, and then attempt to practice it without having seen a single tree, he would not be more unsuccessful than those who attempt to philosoph…"

"I have always maintained that, in this country, a man can do whatever he likes, provided he is a gentleman."

"Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions."

"The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change."