A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action; a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and principles,Mthat was what distinguished him.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

A man had better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of getting his bread.

It is dry, hazy June weather. We are more of the earth, farther from heaven these days.

Everything that is printed and bound in a book contains some echo at least of the best that is in literature.