Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide.

Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart, yet it would not be wise to hold everyone an enemy who could not see her with our own enchanted eyes.

The victory's in believing.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.