The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

It is one soul which animates all men.

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.

After thirty, a man wakes up sad every morning, excepting perhaps five or six, until the day of his death.

Nature is not slow to equip us in the prison-uniform of the party to which we adhere.

We say love is blind, and the figure of Cupid is drawn with a bandage around his eyes. Blind - yes, because he does not see what he does not like; but the sharpest-sighted hunter in the universe is Love for finding what he seeks, and only that.