If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.

My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Books are a finer world within the world. (1863)

The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.

Trees are your best antiques

A poem round and perfect as a star.