There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world.

Echo waits with art and care And will the faults of song repair.

This immediate dependence of language upon nature, this conversion of an outward phenomenon into a type of somewhat in human life,never loses its power to affect us. It is this which gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured farmer or backwoodsman, which all men relish.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

Europe has always owed to oriental genius its divine impulses. What these holy bards said, all sane men found agreeable and true.

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.