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

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Let us learn the meaning of economy. Economy is a high human office,--a sacrament when its aim is grand, when it is the prudence of simple tastes, when it is practised for freedom or for love or devotion.

As we refine, our checks become finer. If we rise to spiritual culture, the antagonism takes a spiritual form.

Among the multitude of scholars and authors, we feel no hallowing presence; we are sensible of a knack and skill rather than of inspiration; they have a light, and know not whence it comes, and call it their own; their talent is some exaggerated faculty, some overgrown member, so that their strength is a disease.

Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame.

He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread