So use all that is called Fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all, and lose all, as her wheel rolls. But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings, and deal with Cause and Effect, the Chancellors of God.

He is a good man who can receive a gift well.

Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.

Jesus and Shakespeare are fragments of the soul, and by love I conquer and incorporate them in my own conscious domain. His virtue,--is not that mine? His wit,--if it cannot be made mine, it is not wit.

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.