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.

Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma.

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely

Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace.

Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness.

All history is biography.