I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency.

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.

Nature is methodical, and doeth her work well. Time is never to be hurried.