In the earliest ages science was poetry, as in the later poetry has become science.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

All God's angels come to us disguised.

Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!

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.

What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love's sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels' eyes, and rings well upon God's touchstone.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.