I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.
Amid all your duties, keep some hours to yourself.
We cannot have expression till there is something to be expressed.
I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.
Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.
Who can ever be alone for a moment in Italy? Every stone has a voice, every grain of dust seems instinct with spirit from the Past, every step recalls some line, some legend of long-neglected lore.