As we refine, our checks become finer. If we rise to spiritual culture, the antagonism takes a spiritual form.

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

It is better to be a thorn in the side of a friend than an echo.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, or spirit, or poetry,--a narrow belt.

Let us even bid our dearest friends farewell, and defy them, saying, "Who are you? Unhand me: I will be dependent no more." Ah! seest thou not, O brother, that thus we part only to meet again on a higher platform, and only be more each other's, because we are more our own?