The circle of life is cut up into segments. All lines are equal if they are drawn from the centre and touch the circumference.

Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man.

The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.

More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.

My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.