The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.

The enthusiast always finds the master, the masters, whom he seeks. Always genius seeks genius, desires nothing so much as to be a pupil and to find those who can lend it aid to perfect itself.

Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.

We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them

Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do.