The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.

There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

The soul of man is not a thing which comes and goes, is builded and decays like the elemental frame in which it is set to dwell, but a very living force, a very energy of God's organic will, which rules and moulds this universe.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.