We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

The eye is the painter and the ear the singer.

Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

The secret of culture is to learn, that a few great points steadily reappear, alike in the poverty of the obscurest farm, and in the miscellany of metropolitan life, and that these few are alone to be regarded,--the escape from all false ties; courage to be what we are; and love what is simple and beautiful; independence and cheerful relation, these are the essentials,--these, and the wish to serve,--to add somewhat to the well-being of men.

I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old.