Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.

The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind.

A man in a cave or in a camp, a nomad, will die with no more estate than the wolf or the horse leaves.

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.

Law of Contrariness: Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.

One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail.

When science is learned in love, and its powers are wielded by love, they will appear the supplements and continuations of the material creation.