It is, the most beautiful truth in morals that we have no such thing as a distinct or divided interest from our race. In their welfare is ours, and by choosing the broadest paths to effect their happiness we choose the surest and the shortest to our own.

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

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

Midnight, and love, and youth, and Italy!

The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have to penetrate the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet.

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