[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.

Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty.

For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.

Keep not money, but keep good people's company.

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.