Man was born to be rich, or to inevitably grow rich, by the use of his faculties: by the union of thought with nature.

All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. We quote not only books and proverbs, but arts, sciences, religion, customs, and laws; nay, we quote temples and houses, tables and chairs, by imitation.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

But the nomads were the terror of all those whom the soil or the advantages of the market had induced to build towns. Agriculture therefore was a religious injunction, because of the perils of the state from nomadism.

Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun.

We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.

There are books... which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.