But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire.

The most interesting thing which I heard of, in this township of Hull, was an unfailing spring, whose locality was pointed out tome on the side of a distant hill, as I was panting along the shore, though I did not visit it. Perhaps, if I should go through Rome, it would be some spring on the Capitoline Hill I should remember the longest.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

The great poem must have the stamp of greatness as well as its essence.

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.

The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion from above. It is intermediate in its nature between land and sky.