If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

In the last analysis, love is only the reflection of a man's own worthiness from other men.

Wild liberty develops iron conscience. Want of liberty, by strengthening law and decorum, stupefies conscience.

Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.