I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom.

Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

If you want a friend you need to be a friend.

Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The basis of political economy is noninterference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. In a free and just commonwealth, property rushes from the idle and imbecile to the industrious, brave and persevering.

An artist spends himself like the crayon in his hand, till he is all gone.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.