Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like.

Let us unlearn our wisdom of the world. Let us lie low in the Lord's power, and learn that truth alone makes rich and great.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill.