The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

'Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist.

Why should we assume the faults of our friend, or wife, or father, or child, because they sit around our hearth, or are said to have the same blood?

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.