A man can suffocate on courtesy.

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

Undoubtedly, in the most brilliant successes, the first rank is always sacrificed.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.

It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.

If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.