Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

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

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.

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

The path of nature is, indeed, a narrow one, and it is only the immortals that seek it, and, when they find it, do not find themselves cramped therein.