It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.

Valor consists in the power of self recovery.

This whole business of Trade gives me to pause and think, as it constitutes false relations between men; inasmuch as I am prone tocount myself relieved of any responsibility to behave well and nobly to that person who I pay with money, whereas if I had not that commodity, I should be put on my good behavior in all companies, and man would be a benefactor to man, as being himself his only certificate that he had a right to those aids and services which each asked of the other.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

Teach that God is, not was; that He speaketh, not spake.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.