Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.

Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.

Life is one, religion one, creeds are many and diverse.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly, nor need we but love them devotedly to become members of an immortal fraternity, superior to accident or change.

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.

Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.