The only reward of virtue is virtue.

The Yankee is one who, if he once gets his teeth set on a thing, all creation can't make him let go.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing men teaches the art of omission and selection.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.