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.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows.

Every opinion reacts on him who utters it.