There is no doubt that the loftiest written wisdom is either rhymed or in some way musically measured,--is, in form as well as substance, poetry; and a volume which should contain the condensed wisdom of mankind need not have one rhythmless line.

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.

He who cannot read is worse than deaf and blind, is yet but half alive, is still-born.

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

My life is like a stroll upon the beach.

I am never rich in money, and I am never meanly poor.