They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it.

The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.

Genius has infused itself into nature. It indicates itself by a small excess of good, a small balance in brute facts always favorable to the side of reason.

The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

The Sun is the sole inconsumable fireAnd God is the sole inexhaustible Giver.