I please myself with the graces of the winter scenery, and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer.

America is another name for opportunity.

Concentration is the secret of srength.

If we must accept fate we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of character.

Immitation is suicide.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, that he might not want the hint of tranquillity and self-poise.