Subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

Awful Night! Ancestral mystery of mysteries.

... as usual I am suffering much from doubt as to the worth of what I am doing and fear lest I may not be able to complete it so as to make it a contribution to literature and not a mere addition to the heap of books.

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.

I like to read about Moses best, in th' Old Testament. He carried a hard business well through, and died when other folks were going to reap the fruits; a man must have courage to look after his life so, and think what'll come f it after he's dead and gone.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.