An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.

As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

We must be lovers, and at once the impossible becomes possible.

The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.