He has not one chance, but a hundred chances. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it. Every great man is a unique. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
Society never advances.
It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. For every thing that is given, something is taken. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. But compare the health of the two men, and you shall see that the white man has lost his aboriginal strength. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.