The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.

Imitation cannot go above its model.

But in every constitution some large degree of animal vigor is necessary as material foundation for the higher qualities of the art.

We are disgusted by gossip; yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties.

There is more in every person's soul than we think.

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

A self-denial, no less austere than the saint's, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for that,and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented.