The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

In the death of my son, now more than two years ago, I seem to have lost a beautiful estate,--no more. I cannot get it nearer to me.

We walk alone in the world.

Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you should.

All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.

Reality is a sliding door.