There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.

When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.

Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

This fond reiteration of the oldest expressions of truth by the latest posterity, content with slightly and religiously retouchingthe old material, is the most impressive proof of a common humanity.

Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.