To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to have the sea, by voyaging; to visit the mountains, Niagara, the Nile, the desert, Rome, Paris, Constantinople: to see galleries, libraries, arsenals, manufactories.

Souls are not saved in bundles.

The gates of thought, - how slow and late they discover themselves! Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open.

They have seen but half the universe who never have been shown the house of pain.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.