Why should we fear to be crushed by savage elements, we who are made up of the same elements?

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust.

Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.

There is a property in the horizon which no man has, but he whose eyes can integrate all the parts,--that is, the poet.

Come, see the north-wind's masonry, Out of an unseen quarry evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves his white bastions with projected roof Round every windward stake, or tree, or door. Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he For number or proportion.