Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars; actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.

Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Labor humanizes, exalts.

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Inspiration must find answering inspiration.