Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.

For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.

The philanthropists inquire whether Transcendentalism does not mean sloth: they had as lief hear that their friend is dead, as that he is a Transcendentalist; for then is he paralyzed, and can never do anything for humanity.

I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.

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

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.