Spirits that have once been sincerely united and tended together a sacred flame, never become entirely stranger to one another's life.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

You see how wide the gulf that separates me from the Christian church.

What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being. It may appear as prophesy or as poesy...should these faculties have free play, I believe they will open up new, deeper and purer sources of joyous inspiration than have as yet refreshed the earth.

The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.

Everywhere the fatal spirit of imitation, of reference to European standards, penetrates and threatens to blight whatever of original growth might adorn the soil.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. As far as an amiable disposition and powers of entertainment make you so, it is a happiness; but if there is one grain of plausibility, it is poison.