But your isolation must not be mechanical, but spiritual, that is, must be elevation.

So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their collocation. The effect of a fanciful word misplaced, is like that of a horn of exquisite polish growing on a human head.

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.

The noblest ministry of nature is to stand as the apparition of God.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look,begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.

To say then, the majority are wicked, means no malice, no bad heart in the observer, but, simply that the majority are unripe, andhave not yet come to themselves, do not yet know their opinion.