Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.

Could Shakespeare give a theory of Shakespeare?

The riddle of the age has for each a private solution.

To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone.

Nature never rhymes her children, nor makes two men alike. When we see a great man, we fancy a resemblance to some historical person, and predict the sequel of his character and fortune, a result which he is sure to disappoint. None will ever solve the problem of his character according to our prejudice, but only in his high unprecedented way.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

Wise cultivated, genial conversation is the last flower of civilization, and the best result which life has to offer us,--a cup for gods, which has no repentance. Conversation is our account of ourselves. All we have, all we can, all we know, is brought into play, and as the reproduction in finer form, of all our havings.