I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.

The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed.

The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.

A man is known by the books he reads.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

Whoever has had the experience of the moral sentiment cannot choose but believe in unlimited power. Each pulse from that heart isan oath from the Most High. I know not what the word sublime means, if it be not the intimations, in this infant, of a terrific force.

The finished man of the world must eat of every apple once.