Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.

Bright and illustrious illusions!

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.