Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend
There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.
The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.
Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
O friend, never strike sail to a fear!
Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books.