He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public.

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

The beautiful is never plentiful.

In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.

The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.

As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In the progress ofthe character, there is an increasing faith in the moral sentiment, and a decreasing faith in propositions.

Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first. It rises in thought, to the end that it may be uttered and acted. Always in proportion to the depth of its sense does it knock importunately at the gates of the soul, to be spoken, to be done.