People who wash much have a high mind about it, and talk down to those who wash little.

But the mark of American merit in painting, in sculpture, in poetry, in fiction, in eloquence, seems to be a certain grace withoutgrandeur, and itself not new but derivative; a vase of fair outline, but empty,--which whoso sees, may fill with what wit and character is in him, but which does not, like the charged cloud, overflow with terrible beauty, and emit lightnings on all beholders.

All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.

The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames; The garden-walks are passional To bachelors and dames.

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us.