The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like.

A good indignation makes an excellent speech.

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation - this to to have succeeded.

Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.

The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.