Every man is wanted, and no man is wanted much.

there is no planet, sun, or star could hold you if you but knew what you are.

Fear is a great instructor.

Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will help somebody.

Let us not forget the genial miraculous force we have known to proceed from a book.

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.