Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part.

Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time.

But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.

Genius is saying what is in your heart, because it's in everyone's heart.

Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely