I trust that some may be as near and dear to Buddha, or Christ, or Swedenborg, who are without the pale of their churches.

If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

In a pure society, the subject of marriage would not be so often avoided,--from shame and not from reverence, winked out of sight,and hinted at only; but treated naturally and simply,--perhaps simply avoided like the kindred mysteries. If it cannot be spoken of for shame, how can it be acted of? But, doubtless, there is far more purity, as well as more impurity, than is apparent.

The dry grasses are not dead for me. A beautiful form has as much life at one season as another.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.