The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.

Ideas are forces; our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.

Every one who has seriously investigated a novel question, who has really interrogated Nature with a view to a distinct answer, will bear me out in saying that it requires intense and sustained effort of imagination.

Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use these terms to indicate two central powers, from which all motives radiate, to which all influences converge.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.