A man must be clothed with society, or we shall feel a certain bareness and poverty, as of a displaced and unfurnished member. He is to be dressed in arts and institutions, as well as in body garments. Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must; but coop up most men and you undo them.

Wherever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness. Every secret crime has its reporter.

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it

Convert life into truth.

The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.

Good criticism is very rare and always precious.

I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.