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.

Inspiration must find answering inspiration.

Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

Every sin provokes its punishment.