The civility of the world has reached that pitch that their more moral genius is becoming indispensable, and the quality of this race is to be honored for itself.

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.

Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light.

The energetic action of the times develops individualism, and the religious appear isolated. I esteem this a step in the right direction. Heaven deals with us on no representative system. Souls are not saved in bundles.

If you would learn to write, it is in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine arts, you must frequent the public square. The people, and not the college, is the writer's home. A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light.

All history is biography.

The interminable forests should become graceful parks, for use and delight.