The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it.

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

Wine is earth's answer to the sun.

To one who has enjoyed the full life of any scene, of any hour, what thoughts can be recorded about it seem like the commas and semicolons in the paragraph-mere stops.

Every fact is impure, but every fact contains in it the juices of life. Every fact is a clod, from which may grow an amaranth or a palm.

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

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.