But also the constituency determines the vote of the representative. He is not only representative, but participant. Like can onlybe known by like. The reason why he knows about them is, that he is of them; he has just come out of nature, or from being a part of the thing.

Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither built nor filled by atheists.

There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.

Meek young men grow up in libraries.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.