Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.

Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which so cripples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base, is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be foregone, and is needed most by those who suffer from it most.

The great poet makes us feel our own wealth, and then we think less of his compositions. His best communication to our mind is to teach us to despise all he has done.

Strange is this alien despotism of Sleep which takes two persons lying in each other's arms & separates them leagues, continents,asunder.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.

The world globes itself in a drop of dew.