The idea of God ends in a paltry Methodist meeting-house.

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom a crisis, which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, comes as graceful and beloved as a bride!

What we call results are beginnings.

A man's library is a sort of harem.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

I honor health as the first Muse.