Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask.

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.

If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular thing, and every thing, and every man.