Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes till for the first time we shall really see them.

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power.

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.

Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from.

The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death - that is not the great thing - but that...we are to, and may, live nobly now because we are to live forever.

To say 'well done'to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.