he who should inspire and lead his race must be defended from travelling with the souls of other men, from living, breathing, reading, and writing in the daily, time-worn yoke of their opinions.

Good nature is stronger than tomahawks.

For beauty is God's handwriting...A nd, thank God for it as a cup of His blessing.

The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love, and reason visibly stream.

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.