Will is the measure of power. To a great genius there must be a great will. If the thought is not a lamp to the will, does not proceed to an act, the wise are imbecile. He alone is strong and happy who has a will. The rest are herds. He uses; they are used. He is of the Maker; they are of the Made. Will is always miraculous, being the presence of God to men. When it appears in a man he is a hero, and all metaphysics are at fault.

We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.

A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.

Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind.

The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.