The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there is no religion now. 'Tis like saying in rainy weather, There is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of its superlative effects.

We love it because it is self dependent, self derived, and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree, even if shown in a young person.

Literature is eavesdropping.

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.

Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preexists in the means, the fruit in the seed

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare.