Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain.

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

How many persons must there be who cannot worship alone since they are content with so little.

We cannot have expression till there is something to be expressed.

Life is richly worth living, with its continual revelations of mighty woe, yet infinite hope; and I take it to my breast.

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.

The critic ... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.