It is better to be a thorn in the side of a friend than an echo.

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

We change whether we like it or not.

Converse with a mind that is grandly simple, and literature looks like word-catching.

A friend may be nature's most magnificent creation.

The sermon which I write inquisitive of truth is good a year after, but that which is written because a sermon must be writ is musty the next day.

The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.