The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.

Once more I am a wanderer, a pilgrim, through the world. But what else are you?

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?

As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.