A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands.

A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.

The soul lets no man go without some visitations and holy-days of a diviner presence.

We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.

Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer whole.

It is the property of the religious spirit to be the most refining of all influences. No external advantages, no culture of the tastes, no habit of command, no association with the elegant, or even depth of affection, can bestow that delicacy and that grandeur of bearing which belong only to the mind accustomed to celestial conversation,--all else is but gilt and cosmetics, beside this, as expressed in every look and gesture.