It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.

Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm.

The field cannot be well seen from within the field. The astronomer must have his diameter of the earth's orbit as a base to fix the parallax of any other star

The sermon which I write inquisitive of truth is good a year after, but that which is written because a sermon must be writ is musty the next day.

But only that soul can be my friend which I encounter on the line of my own march, that soul to which I do not decline, and which does not decline me, but, native of the same celestial latitude, repeats in its own all my experience.

The simplest words,--we do not know what they mean except when we love and aspire.

Love is our highest word and the synonym of God.