For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure.

Let us leave hurry to slaves.

But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.

Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

It is for want of self-culture that the superstition of Travelling, whose idols are Italy, England, Egypt, retains its fascinationfor all educated Americans.