When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.

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.

Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind.

Pain has no effect but to steal some of my time.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

A great work of Art demands a great thought or a thought of beauty adequately expressed. - Neither in Art nor Literature more than in Life can an ordinary thought be made interesting because well-dressed.