The soul contains the event that shall befall it, for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts; and what we pray to ourselves for is always granted.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.

There is a crack in everything God has made

When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the show fiber has passed into your body.

The Americans have many virtues, but they have not Faith and Hope. I know no two words whose meaning is more lost sight of.

There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.

Society is frivolous, and shreds its day into scraps, its conversation into ceremonies and escapes.