Nature has her own best mode of doing each thing, and she has somewhere told it plainly, if we will keep our eyes and ears open. If not, she will not be slow in undeceiving us, when we prefer our own way to hers.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

We denote this primary wisdom as Intuition, whilst all later teachings are tuitions.

If you have a nation of men who have risen to that height of moral cultivation that they will not declare war or carry arms, for they have not so much madness left in their brains, you have a nation of lovers, of benefactors, of true, great, and able men.

He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.

Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.