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.

There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

You cannot make a cheap palace.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful... and ...give thanks continuously.

The peace of the man who has forsworn the use of the bullet seems to me not quite peace, but a canting impotence.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.