Every friend whom not thy fantastic will but the great and tender heart in thee craveth, shall lock thee in his embrace. And this because the heart in thee is the heart of all; not a valve, not a wall, not an intersection is there anywhere in nature, but one blood rolls uninterruptedly in endless circulation through all men, as the water of the globe is all one sea, and, truly seen, its tide is one.

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

Away with this hurrah of masses, and let us have the considerate vote of single men.

Do what you're afraid to do.

I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-borne treasures home.

No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

Character is that which can do without success.