Munificent nature follows the methods of the divine and true, and rounds all things to her perfect law. While nations are convulsed with blood and violence, how quietly the grass grows.

Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?

In this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power.

Hill and valley, seas and constellations, are but stereotypes of divine ideas appealing to and answered by the living soul of man.

No great truth bursts upon man without having its hemisphere of darkness and sorrow.

Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him; if he is a walking university.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.