A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature.

See to it that each hour's feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.

Oh, ye infidel philosophers, teach me how to find joy in sorrow, strength in weakness, and light in darkest days; how to bear buffeting and scorn; how to welcome death, and to pass through it into the sphere of life, and this not for me only, but for the whole world that groans and travails in pain; and till you can do this, speak not to me of a better revelation than the Bible.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far enough.

Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup put to every lip. Breathing is like ethereal drinking. It is a luxury simply to exist.