Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.

Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches.

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as tolame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.

He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.

The influence of the senses have in men overpowered the thought to the degree that the walls of time and space have come to look solid, real and insurmountable. .. Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the power of the mind. Man is capable of abolishing them both.

These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

It is easy to carp at colleges, and the college, if he will wait for it, will have its own turn. Genius exists there also, but will not answer a call of a committee of the House of Commons. It is rare, precious, eccentric, and darkling.