In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight.

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue.

Poets should be law-givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work.

I find nothing healthful or exalting in the smooth conventions of society. I do not like the close air of saloons. I begin to suspect myself to be a prisoner, though treated with all this courtesy and luxury. I pay a destructive tax in my conformity.

Beware of what you want-for you will get it.

We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope, knowing that the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth.

Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.