Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Be sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train.

America is another name for opportunity.

If thought makes free, so does the moral sentiment. The mixtures of spiritual chemistry refuse to be analyzed.

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby - so helpless and so ridiculous.

Life too near paralyses art.

See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.