Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.

When the gods come among men, they are not known.

That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.

I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil.

Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.