I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.
Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.
Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.
Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.