We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contributed a stone.

It has been the office of art to educate the perception of beauty. We are immersed in beauty but our eyes have no clear vision.

In America and Europe, the nomadism is of trade and curiosity.

Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

a good reader makes a good book

Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.