There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence is doubly significant, and the sense of our author is as broad as the world.

The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one.

The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Heaven is large, and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

Good nature is stronger than tomahawks.