Console yourself, dear man and brother; whatever you may be sure of, be sure at least of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

Making one object, in outward or inward nature, more holy to a single heart is reward enough for a life; for the more sympathies we gain or awaken for what is beautiful, by so much deeper will be our sympathy for that which is most beautiful,--the human soul!

There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual

Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.