There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.

God'll send the bill to you.

To win the secret of a weed's plain heart.

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.

Our American republic will endure only as long as the ideas of the men who founded it continue dominant.

There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one, Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.