Doing well is a result of doing good.

A man is reputed to have thought and eloquence; he cannot, for all that, say a word to his cousin or his uncle. They accuse his silence with as much reason as they would blame the insignificance of a dial in the shade. In the sun it will mark the hour. Among those who enjoy his thought, he will regain his tongue.

If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.

As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action.

All life is an experiment. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment. I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Truth has already ceased to be itself if polemically said.