Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is no danger from vanity. Solemn friends will warn them of the danger of the head's being turned by the flourish of trumpets, but they can afford to smile.

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.

Writing should be the settlement of dew on the leaf.

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.

Build therefore your own world.

There are men too superior to be seen except by a few, as there are notes too high for the scale of most ears.