We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.

As long as any man exists, there is some need of him.

I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. I blench and withdraw on this side and on that. I seem to know what he meant who said, No man can see God face to face and live.

If you want a friend you need to be a friend.

History is the action and reaction of these two, nature and thought.

The poor and the low have their way of expressing the last facts of philosophy as well as you. "Blessed be nothing," and "The worse things are, the better they are," are proverbs which express the transcendentalism of common life.

A rush of thoughts is the only conceivable prosperity that can come to us.