No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

My doom and my strength is to be solitary.

Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

Thoughts rule the world.

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.