Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints.

In old Egypt, it was established law, that the vote of a prophet be reckoned equal to a hundred hands. I think it was much under-estimated.

God evidently does not intend us all to be rich, or powerful or great, but He does intend us all to be friends.

American mind a wilderness of opportunities.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill.

Life will show you masks that are worth all your carnivals