The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservation and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .

The poet, the painter, the sculptor, the musican, the architect, seek each to concentrate this radiance of the world on one point, and each in his several work to satisfy the love of beauty which stimulates him to produce.

Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.

The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.