Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Union is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able to do without them in the spirit.

What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.

Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.

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

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.

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.