The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it vaults overthe moon. I wish it to be a little of a citizen, before it is quite a cherub.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.

It is with a good book as it is with good company.

As long as any man exists, there is some need of him.

A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.