For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained currency, because for the moment it symbolized the world to the first speaker and to the hearer. The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.

A man should carry nature in his head.

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

In certain men digestion and sex absorb the vital force, and the stronger these are, the individual is so much weaker. The more ofthese drones perish, the better for the hive.

In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed of.

Life will show you masks that are worth all your carnivals

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.