Shakspeare is the only biographer of Shakspeare; and even he can tell nothing, except to the Shakspeare in us; that is, to our most apprehensive and sympathetic hour.

Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name.

Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.

Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.

My giant goes with me wherever I go.