What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part.

Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There's revenge for this humanity.What manner of man does science make? The boy is not attracted. He says, I do not wish to be such a kind of man as my professor is.

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.

We change whether we like it or not.