To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes.

It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.

The finest poetry was first experience.

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.

Indeed the river is a perpetual gala, and boasts each month a new ornament.