Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

A fact is the end or last issue of spirit. The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisible world.

Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them.

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends.

Wherever the truth is injured, defend it.

If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes as a cheap, dear house.