I find nothing in fables more astonishing than my experience in every hour. One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as to take the luster out of fiction.

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.

The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust.