Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist.

A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.

In the one branch he most needed

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.

Artists... disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church.

Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops.